After hours of rehearsals and a last-minute name-change, all that's left now for Otumoetai Intermediate School band Society of Six is to rock the stage and rock it well.

They will be the youngest of 17 bands competing at the Bay of Plenty regional final of the Smokefreerockquest 2015 on at Baycourt tonight.

Otumoetai Intermediate band Society of Six will perform alongside 16 groups at the Smokefreerockquest 2015 Bay of Plenty regional final this Saturday. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

Making up Society of Six are Year 8 students Flynn McLaughlin, Sloane McNamara, Isabelle Karl, Elena Broadfoot, Jahvis Stantiall and Emily Ardern, who met through the school's music academy programme.

Lead singer Emily says when the band heard about the Smokefreerockquest they all thought it would be cool to give it a hoon.

'This is our first competition as a band so I hope we have a pretty good chance,” says Emily. 'We will give it all our best and that's all we can really do.”

When it comes to songwriting they all pitch ideas and work on songs together, with Emily on lyrical duties. At the regionals they'll perform two original songs titled ‘Burn Bright' and ‘Help You Out'.

'‘Burn Bright' is about letting your light shine through and not caring what others think, while ‘Help You Out' is about remembering that if you're feeling sad you're not alone.”

While Society of Six would love to win, they're also in it for the long haul and know the longer they jam together the more they'll grow as a band.

'It's a school thing now but who knows where it will go; we all have big aspirations as musicians.”

The Bay of Plenty Smokefreerockquest regional final is at Baycourt tomorrow night from 7pm. Tickets cost students $10, adults $20 from Ticketek or on the door.