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BUG Jam Videos 21 May 2026

2026 - May BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK

Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on May 20, 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.

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Photos 20 May 2026

BUG Jam Live! May 2026

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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

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BUG Jams & Events 1 March 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!

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BUG Jam 06/26 1 March 2026

BUG Jam Live! June 17, 2026

Join us for an evening of all-Canadian ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.

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BUG Jam 07/26 1 March 2026

BUG Jam Live! July 15, 2026

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.

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BUG Jam 08/26 1 March 2026

BUG Jam Live! August 19, 2026

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.

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BUG Jams & Events 1 March 2026

We're On Vacation - No BUG Jam In September 2026

But Mark and I will be back before you know it!

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BUG Jam 10/26 1 March 2026

BUG Jam Live! October 21, 2026

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.

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BUG Jam 11/26 1 March 2026

BUG Jam Live! November 18, 2026

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.

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BUG Jam 12/26 1 March 2026

BUG Jam Live! December 9, 2026

Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.

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Photos 11 February 2026

BUG Jam Live! February 2026

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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!

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Photos 17 April 2025

BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird April 2025

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Songs 11 June 2017

Magpie 🍁

"Magpie" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter, Ian Tyson, in 1996.

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Songs 29 April 2017

When You Say Nothing At All

"When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz in 1988.

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Songs 23 April 2017

Before I Met You

The song Before I Met You was written by El Rader and Charles L. Seitz and was first recorded and released by Joe Cannonball Lewis in 1953.

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Songs 15 April 2017

Meadow Muffin Blues 🍁

Canada had Bob and Doug Mackenzie, the Ottawa Valley had Delmer MacGregor. "Meadow Muffin Blues", from the "Live Muffin EP", recorded at the Talisman Hotel in Ottawa on October 22, 1981 (with Michael O'Reilly [aka Cecil Wiggins] along with The Prescott Brothers) took Delmer's fame to it's pinnacle.

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Songs 9 April 2017

Photograph

"Photograph" is a 2012 song co-written by Ed Sheerhan and Johnny McDaid.

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Songs 2 April 2017

City Of Stars

"City of Stars" is a song performed by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone from the film La La Land (2016).

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Songs 30 March 2017

Go Your Own Way

"Go Your Own Way" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in December 1976.

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Songs 28 March 2017

Treat You Better 🍁

“Treat You Better” was nominated for a 2017 Juno award "Single of the Year", which was held in Ottawa on April 2, 2017. The album "Illuminate" was nominated for "Pop Album of the Year" and "Album of the Year". Shawn Mendes was nominated as "Artist of the Year" and for "Juno Fan Choice Award".

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Songs 19 March 2017

Rock And Roll Music

"Rock and Roll Music" is a 1957 hit single written and recorded by rock and roll icon Chuck Berry.

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Songs 18 March 2017

Sea Cruise

"Sea Cruise" is a song written and sung by Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns.

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Songs 13 March 2017

Devotion 🍁

"Devotion" is a song by Coleman Hell (born April 25, 1989), a Canadian musician from Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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Songs 3 March 2017

Leaving of Liverpool, The

"(The) Leaving of Liverpool", also known as "Fare Thee Well, My Own True Love", is a folksong. Folklorists classify it as a lyric lament, and it was also used as a sea shanty, especially at the capstan.

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Songs 28 February 2017

Peein’ In The Snow 🍁

Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers are a folk music and comedy act formed in Glovertown, NL, in 1983, with Kevin Blackmore (vocals, mandolin, fiddle, guitar), Wayne Chaulk (vocals, guitar, mandolin), and Ray Johnson (vocals, accordion, fiddle).

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Songs 21 February 2017

Bonnie Banks O’ Loch Lomond, The

"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", or simply "Loch Lomond" for short, is a well-known traditional Scottish song (Roud No. 9598) first published in 1841 in Vocal Melodies of Scotland.

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Songs 29 January 2017

I Love A Rainy Night

DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEET I Love A Rainy Night (WORD) I Love A Rainy Night (PDF) YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE VIDEO! "I Love

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Songs 10 September 2016

John Henry

Traditional Song circa late 1800s covered by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly...

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Songs 30 August 2016

This Train Is Bound For Glory

"This Train", also known as "This Train Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.

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Songs 23 July 2016

Be My Yoko Ono 🍁

"Be My Yoko Ono" is the 1992 debut single by the Canadian musical group Barenaked Ladies.

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Songs 8 July 2016

Everybody

"Everybody" is from the fourth album (third studio album), titled "Everybody", by American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson. The album was released on August 25, 2009 on Cabin 24 Records. The first single from the album, "Maybe", was released on July 14, 2009.

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Songs 3 July 2016

Dink's Song

"Dink's Song" (sometimes known as "Fare Thee Well") is an American folk song played by many folk revival musicians such as Pete Seeger, Fred Neil, Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk, as well as more recent musicians like Jeff Buckley.

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Songs 3 July 2016

Ain't That A Shame

"Ain't That A Shame" is a heartache song about a breakup that was the other partner's fault. Fats Domino wrote it with Dave Bartholomew, who worked on most of Domino's hits.

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Songs 1 June 2016

Only The Lonely

"Only the Lonely" is a song written by Martha Davis and recorded by the American new wave band The Motels, of which she was a member. It was released in 1982 as the first single from their third studio album All Four One.

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Songs 10 May 2016

Gracefield 🍁

"Gracefield" is written and performed by Fiftymen, a local Ottawa group, and recorded on their album After Darkfall.

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Songs 9 May 2016

Nobody

"Nobody" is a popular song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers, published in 1905.