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 17 May 2024 Story, The "The Story" is a song released as a single by American folk rock singer Brandi Carlile, written by Phil Hanseroth, from her 2007 album, The Story.
Songs 3 April 2024 April Come She Will "April Come She Will" is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964, and recorded by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their second studio album, Sounds of Silence (1966).
Songs 1 April 2024 Moonshadow "Moonshadow" is a song written and performed by Cat Stevens (known since 1978 as Yusuf Islam), first released as a single in the UK in 1970 on the Island label and in the US in 1971 on the A&M label. It also appears on Stevens' 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat.
Songs 10 March 2024 Captain Wedderburn "Captain Wedderburn" was recorded by Great Big Sea with Sarah Harmer. It's based on "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" an old Scottish ballad dating from 1785 or earlier - Child Ballad #46, Roud 36.
Songs 6 March 2024 Night Pat Murphy Died, The "The Night Pat Murphy Died" is a popular Newfoundland folk song regarding the death of a man and the antics of his friends as they engage in a traditional Irish wake. It is often attributed to Johnny Burke (1851–1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.
Songs 30 January 2024 Sing Me A Song In 2022, Canadian singer-songwriters William Prince and Serena Ryder released the standalone singles "Sing Me a Song" and "River of Tears".
Songs 29 January 2024 All That Heaven Will Allow “All That Heaven Will Allow” is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and released on his 1987 album Tunnel Of Love.
Songs 27 January 2024 Listen To The Man "Listen to the Man" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2014 through Columbia Records as the fifth single from his debut studio album Wanted on Voyage (2014).
Songs 23 November 2023 Santa Will Find You "Santa Will Find You" was written by Mindy Smith and Chely Wright and included on Mindy Smith's 3rd album, My Holiday, released in 2007.
Songs 23 October 2023 Land Of Dreams "Land of Dreams" was written by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in 2012.
Songs 15 July 2023 When I Go Away "When I Go Away" was written by Larry Campbell in 2003, loosely based on a traditional folk dirge. The songs was covered by Levon Helm on his 2009 album "Electric Dirt" which was produced by Campbell.
Songs 3 July 2023 Cool an' Green an' Shady "Cool an' Green an' Shady" written by John Denver and Joe Henry for Denver's 1974 album, Back Home Again.
Songs 25 June 2023 I Don't Know Birds That Well "I Don't Know Birds That Well" is a song from MonaLisa Twins' 2012 debut album, When We're Together.
Songs 1 June 2023 Until It’s Time For You To Go "Until It's Time for You to Go" is a song from the 1965 album Many a Mile by Canadian singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Songs 4 May 2023 California Stars "California Stars" is from the 1998 album "Mermaid Avenue" of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco.
Songs 1 April 2023 Leave Me Longing “Leave Me Longing” is from Canadian singer-songwriter Ben Caplan’s debut studio album released in 2011, In The Time Of The Great Remembering.
Songs 29 March 2023 Garden Song, The (Inch By Inch) "Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975.
Songs 2 February 2023 February Singer-songwriter Dar Williams was a fixture on the contemporary folk scene in the 1990s. In her 1996 song “February” from her acclaimed second album, Mortal City, Williams sings about how the last month of winter can symbolize the end of a relationship.
Songs 2 December 2022 Merry Christmas From The Family '"Merry Christmas from the Family" is a holiday song written by alternative country artist Robert Earl Keen.
Songs 28 November 2022 Christians And The Pagans, The "The Christians And The Pagans" was written in 1996 by American pop folk singer-songwriter, Dar Williams.
Songs 27 November 2022 Til It All Comes 'Round Again (Solstice Song) This beautiful song, 'Til It All Comes 'Round Again (Solstice Song), was written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter, Kate Ferris, in 2019 to honour the Winter Solstice, and the coming of Light.
Songs 26 November 2022 Longest Night Of The Year, The "The Longest Night Of The Year" was written and recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 2008 album "Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas".
Songs 26 November 2022 Solstice Carole "Solstice Carole" was written by Kim Baryluk, and released on The Wyrd Sisters now discontinued cassette "Leave A Little Light" in 1993.
Songs 4 April 2022 Annie's Song "Annie's Song" (also known as "Annie's Song (You Fill Up My Senses)") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver as an ode to Denver's wife at the time, Annie Martell Denver.