UPDATE - ALL TICKETS SOLD OUT within 8 hours! Here's how to get your name on the waiting list or sell your tickets if you find you can't come.

Red Bird will use their ShowPass Waitlist and Ticket Resale system for BUG Jams, just as Red Bird does with their other events. It’s the same system you use to purchase BUG Jam tickets through Red Bird.

  • How to use Red Bird ShowPass Waitlist after tickets have sold out: Here's a link explaining how it works: Joining a Waitlist  If tickets become available for you, you'll receive an email and have 24 hours to purchase the tickets you requested. These tickets will cost you $15 (the regular $10 ticket fee plus a $5 ShowPass fee for handling). You can always remove your name from the waitlist.
  • How to use Red Bird ShowPass Ticket Resales to sell tickets you can't use: You create a ShowPass account (it’s simple – I did it for the tickets I buy to Red Bird and likely you may have already created one too.) Then you follow these easy instructions:  Ticket Resales  You can also cancel your resale if you find that you can make it to the jam after all and your tickets haven't yet sold. Once your ticket has been sold to someone on the wait list, you will receive a confirmation email along with your refund (within 7 business days).

TIME:  7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. If you arrive before that time, please line up outside as with all other ticketed Red Bird shows. BUG jammers are not permitted to wait in the lobby - that area is reserved for students and their parents. There is also a group class running in the main room before our jam. The people you may see going in and out before 6:45 p.m. are music students, their parents, and staff.

WHERE:  Red Bird Live Music, 1165 Bank Street, one block south of Sunnyside Ave., Old Ottawa South. Also, check out their Facebook page: Red Bird Live | Facebook

Red Bird is a live music listening venue in Ottawa South with a brand new ERV (Energy Recovery Ventilator) HVAC ventilation system installed in November 2021 - ERV improves indoor air quality by providing fresh outside air.

SONGS:  We'll be using the songbook posted below at the top of the songlist. No need to download it or print it - we project the the songsheets on a big screen at the jam.

SEATING:  1000 square feet on the main floor with seats for 86 people. There are some padded chairs and love seats with side tables, regular chairs and tables, and high chairs and tables at the back and along the sides.

FOOD & DRINK:  Red Bird has a delicious selection of snacks, gluten-free/nut-free/vegan baked goods from Strawberry Blonde Bakery and lots of other treats, as well as local beers, ciders, non-alcoholic craft sodas, cocktails, wine, and coffee/tea - all locally sourced.

ACCESSIBILITY: 6 steps up from the Bank St. sidewalk, with handrails

WASHROOMS:  on main floor

PARKING:  street parking and small parking lot at the south end of the building.

IF YOU CAN'T JOIN US LIVE for whatever reason, no worries! We record the jam, so that you can play along with us anytime!  We'll upload the jam video and the songbook we use for the evening on our BUG Jam Videos  page.

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