Featured Photos 7 March 2026 BUGs play at In From The Cold at Parkdale United Church - March 2026 Mark and I want to thank each and every one of the amazing volunteers who made the time today to join us for the In
Featured BUG Jam Videos 11 February 2026 2026 - February BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on February 11, 2026! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 January 2026 Save the Dates for Upcoming BUG Jams! Mark your calendars to remind you when the BUG Jams are and when you can purchase tickets - it's not ALWAYS the same! It will always be on a Wednesday, but not necessarily the 3rd Wednesday of the month!
Featured BUG Jam 03/26 1 January 2026 BUG Kitchen Party Jam Live! March 18, 2026 Join us for some fine tunes, shenanigans, and a wee tipple to ward off the last chill of winter! Sure we'll have a whale of a time! It's great craic and ye dunna need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 04/26 1 January 2026 BUG Jam Live! April 15, 2026 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Featured Photos 10 December 2025 BUG Jam Live! December 2025 So much ukulele fun on a beautiful, snowy winter night! Fabulous festive outfits, a terrific dessert buffet, and outstanding, enthusiastic singing from all of you!
Songs 21 February 2026 Saturday Night Up The Gatineau "Saturday Night Up The Gatineau" was written by Mac Beattie and released by Mac Beattie & His Melodiers in 1965 on their album, "This Ottawa Valley of Mine".
Songs 21 February 2026 Doon In The Wee Room The Wee Room of the song was in Quin's Bar in Glasgow, Scotland, which no long exists, but the Scotia Pub in Glasgow had a famous Wee Room too.
Songs 17 February 2026 Go Rosie Go "Go Rosie Go" was written by Maureen Ennis and Mark Murphy and recorded by The Ennis Sisters on their 2018 album, Keeping Time.
Songs 4 January 2026 That's All Right “That’s All Right” was a song written and originally recorded by Delta blues singer/songwriter and guitarist Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup in 1946.
Songs 28 October 2025 Stick Season "Stick Season" is the title track of Noah Kahan's third album, Stick Season, released in 2022.
Songs 22 October 2025 It's Hard To Be Humble "It's Hard to be Humble" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mac Davis from his LP, Hard To Be Humble. It became an international hit in the spring of 1980.
Songs 27 August 2025 Marie Laveau "Marie Laveau" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor. It was first recorded by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show on their 1971 album Doctor Hook. Bobby Bare's live recording in 1974 went to #1 for a single week and spent a total of 18 weeks on the country charts.
Songs 6 August 2025 Hot Stuff "Hot Stuff" was recorded by Donna Summer and released in 1979. Donna Summer won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for this song.
Songs 30 July 2025 High School Confidential "High School Confidential" is a song by Canadian new wave band Rough Trade, from their 1980 album Avoid Freud. It was their breakthrough Top 40 hit in Canada, and it remains their most famous song. "Highschool Confidential" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020.
Songs 29 July 2025 Truly Madly Deeply "Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden (Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones), released in March 1997 as the third single from their self-titled debut album (1997) by Roadshow and Warner Music.
Songs 29 July 2025 Into The Mystic "Into the Mystic" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and featured on his 1970 album Moondance. It was also included on Morrison's 1974 live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now.
Songs 28 May 2025 There Is Nowhere We Won't Go "There Is Nowhere To Go" from Jeremy Messersmith's 2017 album, "11 Obscenely Optimistic Songs For Ukulele: A Micro-Folk Record For the 21st Century And Beyond"
Songs 28 May 2025 Drift Away (I Wanna Get Lost In Your Rock And Roll) "Drift Away" is a song written by Mentor Williams in 1970, which became a big hit with Dobie Gray's recording in 1973.
Songs 28 May 2025 Oh, Boy! "Oh, Boy!" is a song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty and recorded by Buddy Holly and The Crickets in 1957.
Songs 5 May 2025 Mademoiselle (Voulez-vous Danser) "Mademoiselle (Voulez-vous Danser)" is a song written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter, Lennie Gallant, and released on his 1994 album, The Open Window.
Songs 30 April 2025 La ballade des gens heureux "La ballade des gens heureux" is a song composed by French singer-songwriter Gérard Lenorman with lyrics by Pierre Delanoë. It was first recorded by Gérard Lenorman in 1975.
Songs 29 April 2025 Free To Be Strong And Free "Free To Be Strong And Free" was written and recorded in 2025 by Alan Frew, a Scottish-Canadian singer, songwriter, actor, and author, who is the lead singer of the Canadian rock band Glass Tiger.
Songs 1 March 2025 Has Anybody Seen My Skates "Has Anybody Seen My Skates" premiered on Hockey Day in Canada and was included on Lennie Gallant's album, Live Acoustic at the Carleton (2014), and Searching for Abegweit - Songs from the musical by Lennie Gallant (2016).
Songs 2 February 2025 I Won't Back Down "I Won't Back Down" is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from his first solo album, Full Moon Fever. The song was co-written by Petty and Jeff Lynne, his writing partner for the album.
Songs 27 January 2025 Stargazing "Stargazing" is a song co-written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Myles Smith in 2024.
Songs 21 January 2025 Burning Love "Burning Love" is a 1972 song recorded by Elvis Presley, written by Dennis Linde, and originally recorded and released by Arthur Alexander earlier in 1972.
Songs 28 November 2024 Last Christmas "Last Christmas" is a song by English pop duo Wham!. Written and produced by George Michael, it was released on December 3, 1984.
Songs 9 September 2024 Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly "Devil with a Blue Dress On and Good Golly Miss Molly" was a medley put together and recorded first by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels in 1966.
Songs 4 July 2024 Aloha 'oe "Aloha ʻOe" ("Farewell to Thee") is a Hawaiian folk song written c. 1878 by Queen Liliʻuokalani, who was then known as Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
