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 07/03/26 1 January 2026 BUG is back at "In From The Cold" - March 7, 2026! This has been a favourite BUG outing since 2011!
Featured BUG Jam 03/26 1 January 2026 BUG Kitchen Party Jam Live! March 18, 2026 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and shenanigans! 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 10 November 2011 Blame It On The Bossa Nova "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" is a song written by Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann which was a 1963 hit single for Eydie Gormé, reaching number 7 on the Hot 100 in Billboard in March 1963. The Bossa Nova is a Brazilian music style in vogue in the United States from the late 1950s.
Songs 3 November 2011 Big Rock Candy Mountains, The "Big Rock Candy Mountain", first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a folk music song about a hobo's idea of paradise.
Songs 30 September 2011 Witch Doctor "Witch Doctor" is a song performed by Ross Bagdasarian Sr., and released in 1958 by Liberty Records under the stage name David Seville. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Songs 23 September 2011 Try To Remember "Try to Remember" was originally sung by Jerry Orbach in the Original Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks. The song made the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart three times in 1965 in versions by Ed Ames, Roger Williams, Barry McGuire, The Kingston Trio, The Sandpipers, and The Brothers Four.
Songs 23 August 2011 Sundown "Sundown" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, released as a single in March 1974.
Songs 22 August 2011 Will The Circle Be Unbroken? "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" is a popular Christian hymn written in 1907 by Ada R. Habershon with music by Charles H. Gabriel.
Songs 22 August 2011 Come Rain Or Come Shine "Come Rain Or Come Shine" is from David Francey's 2003 album "Skating Rink" for which he was a 2004 JUNO WINNER.
Songs 22 August 2011 I've Just Seen A Face "I've Just Seen a Face" was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and features McCartney on vocals. Before its recording, the song was briefly titled "Auntie Gin's Theme" after his father's youngest sister, because it was one of her favourites.
Songs 20 August 2011 Un Canadien Errant "Un Canadien errant" ("A Wandering Canadian") is a song written in 1842 by Antoine Gérin-Lajoie.
Songs 20 August 2011 V'la l'bon vent "V'là l'bon vent" is a folksong on the theme of the 'trois canards' or three ducks, of which there are some 100 variants.
Songs 24 July 2011 Hey Soul Sister "Hey, Soul Sister" is a song by the US rock band Train. It was written by lead singer Patrick Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, and Espen Lind. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco (2009).
Songs 1 July 2011 Act Naturally "Act Naturally" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison, originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, whose version reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 1963, his first chart-topper.
Songs 4 June 2011 Puff The Magic Dragon "Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or "Puff") is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording.
Songs 2 May 2011 Vive la compagnie (Vive l’amour) "Vive La Compagnie" has many variations from around the world. Scouts adopted it as one of their tunes under "Vive l'Amour".
Songs 2 May 2011 Titanic, The "The Titanic" (also known as "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down" and "Titanic (Husbands and Wives)") is a folk song and children's song most known for being sung at summer camp.
Songs 2 May 2011 Shaving Cream In 1946, Benny Bell released his three highest-selling songs: "Take a Ship for Yourself," "Pincus the Peddler" and the notorious "Shaving Cream".
Songs 12 April 2011 Black Velvet Band "The Black Velvet Band" is a very old song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the U.S., describing how a young man is tricked and then sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land, a common punishment in the British Empire during the 19th century.
Songs 12 April 2011 Danny Boy "Danny Boy" is a ballad written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly and usually set to the Irish tune of the "Londonderry Air".
