# The Best Summer

The Best Summer at Institute of Contemporary Arts, Friday 6 November 2026, 18:30.

- Venue: Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London
- Get tickets: https://ica.art/shop
- Go to page: https://ica.art/films/doc-n-roll-ff-the-best-summer

![The Best Summer](https://noky.io/images/bef43f6362fcf82269ebe73d63f4dac72a8149c589e0cd17e8f72cdc09c5d1bd-1200.webp)

The Best Summer is a documentary that plunges audiences into the 1995 Summersault tour, as Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, The Amps and Bikini Kill travel across Australia and Southeast Asia. It was directed by Tamra Davis, shot entirely on her handheld camera, and captures explosive performances alongside candid backstage encounters, tour-bus chaos and fleeting friendships. Rediscovered nearly 30 years later, the footage offers an intimate portrait of artists at a pivotal moment in their careers. Raw, spontaneous and immersive, it is a vivid time capsule of alternative music and independent filmmaking in the mid-'90s.

## Dates

- Friday 6 November 18:30 — Institute of Contemporary Arts

Written by a model, sources: [ica.art](https://ica.art/films/doc-n-roll-ff-the-best-summer)

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