In October 2025, German blues-rock guitarist Henrik Freischlader—whose album Night Train to Budapest (2021), with blues standards covers and over 200,000 copies sold, solidified his status as one of Europe's leading bluesmen—performed at New Blues Festival Assen, an annual event at De Bonte Wever in Assen, Netherlands, launched in 2017 as a platform for quality blues emphasizing international acts among 1,000 attendees. His 60-minute set on October 11, captured in high quality, embodied his European tour climax, where technical Gibson ES-335 solos intertwined with emotive vocals and organ parts to evoke warm resonance. Part of a lineup with Ally Venable and Kai Strauss, this performance highlighted Freischlader's role as a classic blues heir, turning the hall into a space of genuine guitar dialogue.