Up in Marinette County, a good event usually means a barn, a backyard, or a hall — and a drink setup that too often ends up being a folding table. Our portable event bar is built for exactly these kinds of gatherings. It is a full-size, handcrafted bar, 41 inches tall like a standard bar counter, that gives a wedding, graduation party, or family reunion a proper place to gather around. And when the night winds down, it takes apart and stores flat, which matters in a part of the world where garage space earns its keep.

The bar is made from MDF panels over an internal frame, with an interior shelf behind the counter for bottles, glassware, and supplies. It comes completely apart into five flat pieces on lift-away hinges — no tools, no hardware bag to lose. It packs flat to fit in most SUVs and truck beds and stores against a wall instead of taking up a bay. Full dimensions and finish options are on the 5-foot portable collapsible event bar product page. The pieces are light enough for two people to carry from truck to barn without a dolly, and the assembled bar stands solid on gravel, grass, or a hall floor. In other words, it is made for how people up here actually gather.

There are two sizes. The 5-foot bar is $800 painted white or black, or $700 raw if you'd like to finish it your way. Prefer a hands-on project? Our step-by-step bar build plans cover the same lift-away-hinge design for personal builds. The 6-foot bar is $950 painted and $850 raw. Every bar is made to order, built one at a time rather than shipped in from a warehouse. Mobile bartenders working northeast Wisconsin use them at barn weddings and hall receptions, and plenty of families buy one because up here, hosting is a year-round sport — fish fries, deer camp weekends, and summer parties included. The finish touches up easily when it needs it.

Orders around Goodman are built by a local craftsman in The Wobbly Carpenter network, working out of his own shop nearby. You can learn more on our Goodman builder profile page. Built by a local craftsman in The Wobbly Carpenter network. Every builder signs our craftsman agreement, and insurance and background check are verified before their first build. Locally built means no freight charges on a big piece of furniture and no weeks of waiting on a truck — just a bar made by someone in your neck of the woods.

When your bar is finished, pickup is free, and delivery is available within 40 miles of the builder's shop, covering Goodman and the surrounding Marinette County area. Since each bar is made to order, it's worth ordering ahead of your event. Ordering runs through thewobblycarpenter.com: choose your size and finish, check out, and the checkout confirms that your delivery address is within range before the order is placed. Planning something outside northeast Wisconsin? See our other service areas and delivery locations as the network grows into new markets. A bar that sets up in minutes and stores flat through winter is a bar that actually gets used. For the big-city version of the same setup, compare our Chicago page.