The drinks may not be flowing for 16-year-olds Rory Priest, Cormac Seymour and Jake Nicholas tonight – but the 'good tunes and sweet vibes” will be.

The talented teens are possibly the youngest band to be part of the celebratory line-up on the iHeart Beach Stage at Mount Maunganui Main Beach on New Year's Eve.

Joe's Van band members Jake Nicholas (bass and vocals), Cormac Seymour (guitar) and Rory Priest (drums). Photo by Bruce Barnard.

'I think that gets us a bit closer to the crowd because we're the same age as most of them,” says Cormac.

'We're not 18 so we can't play in the pubs. But we'll have the good tunes and sweet vibes flowing – it'll be rad.”

Their band Joe's Van will be performing in the 9pm-10.30pm slot this evening – and the boys are 'pretty stoked” to be sharing their sounds with the crowd.

'We're pretty prepared and are feeling good about it,” says Cormac.

They're also relaxed about the big gig, and have been fitting in rehearsals when the mood is right.

'We kind of just jam more than rehearse,' he adds, 'because if we start practising seriously it takes the fun out of it – and that's what we're all about aye.”

The chilled-out trio's 2015 plan is to keep on jamming, having fun and getting their music out there and into the ears of Bay of Plenty listeners.

Cormac says: 'We're just going to keep at it, because it's pretty rad. We like what we're doing.”

They wish everyone a happy New Year, safe holidays and a 'rad” end to 2014.