With the 2026 NBA All-Star Game heading back to Los Angeles, it’s only right that the league brings the stars out from the music side as well. The NBA announced on Wednesday (Feb. 11) that Ludacris will headline NBA All-Star Saturday (Feb. 14) with a performance ahead of the NBA Dunk Contest at the Inuit Dome. The festivities will tip off earlier than usual, with All-Star Saturday slated to begin at 5 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
Fans not in the building on the West Coast will also be able to see Luda perform his array of hits on Friday night (Feb. 13) on the Michelob ULTRA Courtside Concert stage, which comes as part of the NBA Crossover concert series at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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There’s plenty more across All-Star Weekend. Chloe Bailey will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the NBA HBCU Classic on Feb. 13, while The Voice‘s season 28 winner, Aiden Ross (U.S.), and Chxrry (Canadian) perform the national anthems ahead of the Castrol Rising Stars game.
K-pop group CORTIS will also be taking center court for a special halftime performance at the Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Feb. 13 at Kia Forum. GloRilla and Mustard lead the lineup of stars slated to suit up in the Celebrity Game.
As far as the weekend’s main event goes, Brandy (U.S.) and Sarah McLachlan (Canada) are performing the respective U.S. and Canadian national anthems at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, which tips off at the Intuit Dome at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday.
With the NBA back on NBC, Jon Tesh is slated to deliver a historic live performance of the “Roundball Rock” anthem to open the NBA All-Star Game, which returns to NBC Sports for the first time since 2002. In addition to NBC, the ASG will also stream on Peacock.
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