Simplon is a live music venue in Groningen located at Boterdiep 69, a five minute walk from the city center. Operating for over 30 years, the venue occupies a former raincoat factory that was converted into a youth cultural space before undergoing major renovation to become a pop music hall. It hosts diverse musical genres including pop, rock, metal, hip hop, urban, punk and house music.

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Simplon Groningen hosts an evening of regional talent from the Hit the North collective, centered around The Last Mandrill's EP release. The Last Mandrill plays alternative collage-pop with '90s influences, MOMSNAME is a four-piece from Leeuwarden blending alt-rock, shoegaze, emo, and math-rock, and Eolith is a Groningen-based dream-rock band exploring themes of loss and relationships with melancholic guitar sounds.