Nominations now open: Celebrate the best of Edinburgh and the Lothians with The Forth Awards

Entries now open: This is your chance to nominate local heroes from in and around Edinburgh in The Forth Awards

Forth 1’s glitziest day of the year is coming up – and there is only a few weeks to have your say in choosing the pride of Edinburgh and the Lothians for a series of top awards (and the chance to mingle with the stars at the best day out ever!)

The Forth Awards celebrate everything and everyone in the area; this year’s headline sponsor is OT - Leith’s Waterfront destination. This iconic Edinburgh shopping destination is still open while transformative redevelopment works are underway. And they are proud to be the headline sponsor of what is undoubtedly one of the biggest events on the Edinburgh calendar.

In previous years the grand finale has played host to a star-studded line up, including Jason Donavan, Nadine Coyle, LF System, Larry Dean, K:Klass and Alison Limerick. And while this year’s stellar line up will be a closely guarded secret right up until the day itself, you can take a look back at last year’s highlights to get a flavour of why this is the most fun to be found in Edinburgh on a weekday afternoon!

Nominations open on Friday, July 12 for five weeks – that means you have until August 16 to nominate your contenders for every category. But community is at the heart of the Forth Awards, and organisers are particularly keen to see as many entries as possible into those categories, so they can have their moment to shine.

Categories and sponsors 2024

The Forth Best Artist Award with Victor Paris

The Forth Local Hero Award with Edinburgh Evening News

The Forth Best Restaurant Award with Heritage Portfolio

The Forth Contribution to Music Award with The Liquid Room

The Forth Icon Award with The Edinburgh Playhouse

The Forth Fringe Award with Watermans

The Forth Cash for Kids Award with Newtown Décor

The Forth Best Teacher Award with Omni Shopping

The Forth Best Workplace Award with Fuse

The Forth Visitor Attraction Award

The only way to nominate is via forth1.com – then the judges will carefully scrutinise and evaluate every single entry, before selecting the chosen ones for the short list, ready for the big event in the Usher Hall, being held this year on Thursday 14th November