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!
Songs 4 June 2015 Canada Day Up Canada Way 🍁 Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, Connors is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums.
Songs 2 June 2015 Comes A Time 🍁 Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young's "Comes A Time" was written in 1977 and released in 1978 on his ninth studio album of the same name.
Songs 2 June 2015 5 Days in May 🍁 "5 Days In May" is from Blue Rodeo's album "Five Days In July" released in Canada in 1993.
Songs 1 June 2015 Crawl, The 🍁 "The Crawl" by Spirit of the West - the quintessential drinking song. This song, from their 1986 album "Tripping Up The Stairs", tells the story of the North Shore Pub Crawl in Vancouver BC. The Crawl was an enduring fan favourite at the band's concerts.
Songs 28 May 2015 Lovers In A Dangerous Time 🍁 "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn and originally released on his 1984 album Stealing Fire.
Songs 28 May 2015 First We Take Manhattan 🍁 "First We Take Manhattan" is a song written by Leonard Cohen. It was originally recorded by Jennifer Warnes on her 1987 album Famous Blue Raincoat, which consisted entirely of songs written or co-written by Cohen.
Songs 28 May 2015 Black Day in July 🍁 "Black Day In July" is from Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot's third studio album "Did She Mention My Name? released in 1968 on the United Artists label. The album marked Lightfoot's first use of orchestration.
Songs 27 May 2015 Summer Wages 🍁 Summer Wages is a song from Ian & Sylvia’s 1967 album, So Much for Dreaming, and Ian Tyson’s 1986 album, Cowboyography.
Songs 10 May 2015 Pussywillows, Cat-Tails 🍁 "Pussywillows, Cat-tails" is the 8th track on Gordon Lightfoot's third album, "Did She Mention My Name", released in 1968.
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 2 April 2015 Attitude Of Gratitude 🍁 The Swinging Belles, a JUNO award-winning swing band for kids from St. John’s, NL, are intent on getting both kids and adults to kick up their heels and have a swinging good time with the whole family!
Songs 7 March 2015 By The Glow Of The Kerosene Light 🍁 "By The Glow Of The Kerosene Light" was written by Wince Coles and recorded by Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers in 1993.
Songs 11 January 2015 Renaissance 🍁 DOWNLOAD SONGSHEET Renaissance (WORD) Renaissance (PDF) You can play along with Valdy in GCEA tuning if you put your capo on the 2nd fret! This
Songs 8 January 2015 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream 🍁 This 1950 folk classic "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" remains a powerful anti-war favourite. It is the most famous song written by U.S.-born, naturalized Canadian folk singer, Ed McCurdy.
Songs 8 January 2015 Safety Dance, The 🍁 "The Safety Dance" is a song written and recorded by Canadian new wave band Men Without Hats.
Songs 4 January 2015 Water Bill, The 🍁 "The Water Bill" is a song from Canadian band Lake Of Stew's 2008 debut album, 'Ain't Tired Of Lovin'.
Songs 27 November 2014 Let the Good Guys Win 🍁 This song was written by Canadian Murray McLauchlan, and sung by Murray, Tom Cochran, and Paul Hyde. McLauchlan was born in Scotland, but he immigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old.
Songs 31 October 2014 Takin' Care of Business 🍁 "Takin' Care of Business" is a song written by Randy Bachman and first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) for their 1973 album Bachman–Turner Overdrive II.
Songs 26 October 2014 White Rose 🍁 "White Rose" written and recorded by Canadian singer/songwriter and story teller, Fred Eaglesmith in 1996.
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 22 August 2014 Besoin Pour Vivre 🍁 Claude André Dubois (born 24 April 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Songs 8 July 2014 Canoeing My Troubles Away 🍁 A wonderful song by Shelley Posen - singer songwriter extraordinaire from Toronto. He's one of the fabulous local trio here in Ottawa known as Finest Kind, along with Ann Downey and Ian Robb. You can find this song on the CD, Canoesongs, Volume II.
Songs 15 June 2014 When I First Stepped In A Canoe 🍁 "When I First Stepped In A Canoe" is a song written by Ottawa based singer-songwriter Shelley Posen in 2004 and can be found on the CD, Canoe Songs 1.
