FLINT, MI -- The Flint Local 432, an all-ages venue known mostly for its music shows, is hosting its first night dedicated just to comedy.

On Nov. 21, Flint-born comedy trio The Awkward Chuckle Tour will take the stage performing individual standup routines, some group sketches, and two prerecorded sketches featuring Flint Mayor Dayne Walling.

Joel Rash, who directs Red Ink Flint, the umbrella organization that oversees the Local, said he's glad to bring a comedy night to the club. While they've had some comedy in the past mixed in with music or as part of an open mic event, this will be the first night dedicated solely to comedy.

"We had the list of things we thought would be appropriate in the performing arts," Rash said of opening The Local about a year and a half ago. "Music and dance and theater and improve and stand-up comedy were on the list, we just didn’t know any improv troupes or standup comedians."

The Awkward Chuckle Tour is composed of Flint natives Joe Allard, Desiree Freeman, and Vincent Hughes. They met at Mott Community College in a media class when they worked on a documentary together. The subject: standup comedy, something they all always wanted to try themselves.

They've done some local shows, some at the now-defunct Elms Gallery in Flushing and one show at downtown Flint's Churchill's Food & Spirits, which Allard called a success. But beyond that, it's hard to find a venue, he said.

He describes their comedy style as "alternative more than the mainstream," though he said they each have their own styles of standup.

He said Hughes "will have a lot more of antagonistic or angry approach" to his comedy while Freeman is calmer and "more observational."

"I guess I fall somewhere in the middle," he said.

For their prerecorded sketches, he said they called up Walling to see if he'd be interested and he jumped on board.

The first sketch is "a video about us trying to get to the show on time and Mayor Walling kind of of saves the day. ... And the second one is pretty much him hanging out in his office."

As an organization with a mission to help young people get real-world experience, Rash said he's looking forward to hosting The Awkward Chuckle Tour -- and any other comedians who hear about it and decide to get on board.

"We’ve already had people ask about doing openers," Rash said. He said there won't be any opening comedians on this night, but he hopes that it will pave the way to have some the next time they do a comedy show, where The Local can “help them work toward whatever their goals are.”

He said The Awkward Chuckle Tour was a good fit because, aside from their "self-deprecating" sense of humor, and "part of the goal of the new space was to have the full range of performing arts and support people in other disciplines who still have the punk rock do-it-yourself ethic. And we knew those folks were out there."

goes from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tickets are $4. The Flint Local is located at 124 West First Street in downtown Flint.