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The Arrogant Worms March 15, 2026

The Arrogant Worms have spent over three decades making fun of a big dumb world.

Their songs have been played on the radio, the internet, and in outer space (on the space shuttle Endeavour). The
Worms began at Queen’s University in 1991 when some members of the student cabaret group, The Queen’s
Players, started writing songs and sketches for the campus radio station CFRC. Soon the group became The
Arrogant Worms (Chris Patterson, Mike McCormick, and Trevor Strong) who have since toured ceaselessly across
Canada (and select other parts of the world), released 13 albums, and recorded with the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra.

Their song, The Last Saskatchewan Pirate, has been covered by bands such as Captain Tractor and The Longest
Johns, and their Happy Happy birthday song is a viral sensation with over one hundred million views of the various
fan videos on YouTube.

More than thirty years after they began, The Arrogant Worms continue to provide tuneful and silly escapism for
everyone who needs it.