Featured 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.
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 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!
Featured 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.
Featured 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.
Featured 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.
Featured 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!
Featured 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.
Featured 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.
Featured 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.
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!
BUG Jam 06/26 3 June 2026 * BUG Jam Songbook, Chord Charts, and YouTube/Spotify Playlists for June 17, 2026 DOWNLOAD THE SONGBOOK AND CHORD CHART BUG Jam Songbook V1 for June 17, 2026 BUG Jam Chord Chart V1 for June 17, 2026 (C6 -
Songs 31 May 2026 Canada's Really Big 🍁 "Canada's Really Big" is a song released by The Arrogant Worms in 1997 as part of their album "Live Bait". It's become a beloved part of their satirical repertoire!
Songs 31 May 2026 I'm Down To My Last Cigarette "I'm Down To My Last Cigarette" was written by Americans Billy Walker and Harlan Howard and first released in 1964. It was later covered by Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang in 1988 as part of her album, Shadowland.
Songs 29 May 2026 Harvest 🍁 "Harvest" is a slow country dance tune written by Canadian singer-songwriter, Neil Young, and recorded in April 1971. It was released in February 1972 on his album, "Harvest.
Songs 28 May 2026 Superman's Song 🍁 "Superman's Song", written by Brad Roberts, is the first single of his Canadian folk-rock group Crash Test Dummies. It appeared on their 1991 debut album, The Ghosts That Haunt Me.
Songs 28 May 2026 Alberta Bound 🍁 "Alberta Bound" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Paul Brandt. The song was the fifth single from Brandt's 2004 album This Time Around.
Songs 27 May 2026 Blinding Lights 🍁 "Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd from his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). The song was released on November 29, 2019, as the album's second single.
Songs 27 May 2026 Gatineau Girls, The 🍁 "The Gatineau Girls" is from The Wakimi Wailers first album, The Last of the White Pine Loggers, recorded in 1985. The album is a collection of traditional folk songs from the Ontario lumberjack winter camps of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Songs 26 May 2026 Hey Moon (A Campfire Song) 🍁 "Hey Moon (A Campfire Song)" is a song written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joel Plasket, and released in August 2023. Alan Doyle recorded a cover version in 2025.
Songs 5 November 2024 Singing Away My Blues 🍁 "Singing Away My Blues" was written and recorded by Canadian singer/songwriter T.C. Connors, a.k.a., Stompin' Tom Connors in 1978.
Songs 22 June 2020 Paddle Wheeler 🍁 "Paddle Wheeler" is a song written by Al Oster, about the paddlewheelers that used to travel the Yukon River during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Songs 21 June 2020 Ukuleles Across Canada Medley 🍁 "Ukuleles Across Canada Medley" is a medley of songs written by a songwriter born in each province. To date, I haven't included songs by songwriters born in Yukon, Northwest Territories, or Nunavut, but they can always be added for another time. Happy Canada Day!
Songs 17 October 2019 Coast To Coast Fever 🍁 "Coast to Coast Fever" is a song by English/Canadian singer-songwriter David Wiffen. He is assisted on the 1973 "Coast to Coast Fever" album by fellow Canadian folkie Bruce Cockburn, who plays guitar, bass and celeste, and also produced the album.
Songs 9 September 2018 Needle and the Damage Done 🍁 "The Needle and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young that describes the destruction caused by the heroin addiction of musicians he knew. Though not specifically about him, the song was inspired by the heroin addiction of his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten.
Songs 17 November 2017 Red Canvas Canoe 🍁 This is for all you canoeists out there. I hope you enjoy this sweet, simple song sung by Lorraine McDonald. It comes from the CD Canoesongs Voume II.
Songs 11 June 2017 Sound That Love Makes, The 🍁 On May 6, 2014, Sarah McLachlan released her first album of original music in four years, titled Shine On which is where you'll find "The Sound That Love Makes".
Songs 15 April 2017 Echo Beach 🍁 "Echo Beach" is a song written by Mark Gane recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1979.
Songs 3 April 2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll Song 🍁 Paul Valdemar Horsdal (born 1 September 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario), commonly known as Valdy, is a Canadian folk and country musician whose solo career began in the early 1970s.
Songs 11 September 2014 Shake My Sillies Out 🍁 DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEET Shake My Sillies Out (WORD) Shake My Sillies Out (PDF) Our own BUG member, Bonnie Simpson, co-wrote the lyrics for this song!
Songs 11 June 2014 Opeongo Line 🍁 By the late 1850s, the authorities of Upper Canada looked to expand colonization in this region by building the Opeongo Line, a series of roads extending westward from Renfrew to Whitney.
Songs 10 June 2014 Down By The Henry Moore 🍁 "Down by the Henry Moore" is a single by Canadian artist Murray McLauchlan. Released in 1975, it was the fourth single from his album Sweeping the Spotlight Away. The song reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada in August 1975.
Songs 4 June 2014 We're Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time) 🍁 "We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)" is a song by Canadian rock band Trooper, released in June 1977 as the lead single from their third studio album, Knock 'Em Dead Kid.
Songs 9 June 2012 Born to be Wild 🍁 "Born to Be Wild" was released by Steppenwolf in 1968. It was the band's third single off their 1968 debut album Steppenwolf and became their most successful single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts.
