NBA All-Star 2027 Is Feb. 19-21 in Phoenix: Game Date, Rising Stars Time by Zone and TV

The 76th National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game tips off Sunday, Feb. 21, 2027, at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, according to NBA Events. All-Star 2027 runs Feb. 19-21. NBA.com says Castrol Rising Stars opens the weekend on Friday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. Mountain Time (MT), which is 9 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) by our conversion.

When is NBA All-Star Weekend 2027?

NBA Events gives the dates as Feb. 19-21, 2027. The table below puts each event on its day. The start times for Saturday and Sunday have not been announced in the sources we read, so the table says so.

Day	Event	Start	Source
Fri., Feb. 19, 2027	Castrol Rising Stars	7 p.m. MT (9 p.m. ET, our conversion)	NBA.com, Oct. 8, 2026
Sat., Feb. 20, 2027	State Farm All-Star Saturday Night, including the Kia Skills Challenge	Not announced	NBA Communications, Mar. 7, 2024
Sun., Feb. 21, 2027	76th NBA All-Star Game	Not announced	NBA Events

What time is Rising Stars in each time zone?

NBA.com gives the start as 7 p.m. MT. Arizona does not observe daylight saving time, so in February Phoenix is on Mountain Standard Time, the same clock as Denver. Every other row is our conversion, checked with a time zone database.

Time zone	Example place	Start on Fri., Feb. 19, 2027
Mountain Standard Time	Phoenix, Denver	7 p.m. (the NBA’s time)
Eastern Standard Time	New York, Atlanta	9 p.m.
Central Standard Time	Chicago, Dallas	8 p.m.
Pacific Standard Time	Los Angeles, Seattle	6 p.m.
Alaska Standard Time	Anchorage	5 p.m.
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time	Honolulu	4 p.m.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)		02:00 on Sat., Feb. 20

What channel is the NBA All-Star Game on?

NBC Sports said on Aug. 13, 2026, that it will present the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 21, 2027. The sources we read do not name a network for Rising Stars or All-Star Saturday Night, and they do not list streaming services for the weekend. Check the listings closer to the date.

Where is NBA All-Star 2027 played?

At the Mortgage Matchup Center, home of the Phoenix Suns. The NBA’s March 7, 2024 release announcing Phoenix as host called the arena Footprint Center. The Suns and Phoenix Mercury announced the new name in a naming rights release on Oct. 2, 2025.

What else is on the 2026-27 NBA calendar around All-Star?

The NBA’s Aug. 13, 2026 schedule release says the 81st regular season began Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, and will conclude on Sunday, April 11, 2027, with all 30 teams in action. NBC Sports lists a Presidents’ Day quadrupleheader on Feb. 15, 2027, six days before the All-Star Game. For another date on the league’s calendar, see the NBA Cup 2026 group play, knockouts and final, and for the games on the holiday itself, our Christmas Day 2026 games on the NBA and National Football League (NFL) schedules.

Not yet announced

The sources we read do not give the All-Star Game tip time, the start of All-Star Saturday Night or the game format, so we do not list them. We will update this story when the NBA publishes them.

Free NBA All-Star Weekend printable

Our one-page list puts the three Phoenix days, the season start, the Presidents’ Day games and the April 11 finale in one place, with the Eastern Time conversion for Rising Stars. Mark Feb. 19-21 on the February 2027 printable calendar or add the games to a printable weekly calendar. For a hockey event on the same calendar, see the National Hockey League (NHL) Winter Classic 2027 story.