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Riverfront Times: El Volcan Is Huge and Newly Renovated. Josh Loyal Has Big Weekday Plans

• When Joshua Grigaitis, better known as Josh Loyal, first stepped foot inside the freshly renovated El Volcan Nightclub (4920 Northrup Avenue, 314-241-2005), he could scarcely believe his eyes. Loyal, 41, has lived just a few blocks away from the Hill neighborhood spot for years. He’d driven past it innumerable times, and as the founder of the Loyal Family promotion and events company, he’d even once booked a reggae show there, some fifteen years ago or so. It was the only show he’d done at El Volcan, though, as the experience hadn’t been ideal. So when friend and fellow promoter Clayton Elkins recently asked him what he thought about doing an event there, Loyal’s recommendation was tempered. He suggested Elkins poke his head in and see for himself if the space would fit his needs.
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