Around Lake Livingston, gatherings tend to happen outdoors — at lake houses, in big East Texas backyards, and under pole barns and pavilions. Most of those events end up serving drinks off a folding table. Our portable event bar is a better setup: a full-size, handcrafted bar, 41 inches tall at standard bar height, that looks like proper furniture in your photos and gives guests a real place to belly up. When the party is over, it breaks down flat and goes back into storage until next time.

The bar is built 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. There are no tools involved and no screws or brackets to keep up with. Packed flat, it fits in most SUVs and truck beds, and it stores in a thin slice of garage or barn space. You can check dimensions and finish options on the 5-foot portable collapsible event bar product page. It rides fine in a truck bed down a ranch road, sets up level on grass, gravel, or a slab, and there is room for two people to work behind the counter at once when the line gets long.

It comes in two sizes. The 5-foot bar is $800 painted white or black, or $700 raw and ready for your own finish. 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. Each one is made to order. Mobile bartenders working the Livingston and Huntsville area bring them to weddings and private events, and lake-area homeowners buy them outright because lake season means hosting most weekends. The painted finish is simple to touch up, so the bar keeps looking presentable year after year.

Livingston-area orders are built by a local craftsman in The Wobbly Carpenter network, in his own shop in the area. More about that is on our Livingston 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. Buying from a local builder means you are not paying freight on a large piece of furniture, and your bar comes from someone in your own community rather than a distant warehouse.

When your bar is finished, pickup is free, and delivery is available within 40 miles of the builder's shop — covering Livingston, Onalaska, and the surrounding Lake Livingston area, with Huntsville at the edge of range. Because every bar is made to order, ordering ahead of your event is a good idea. Order through thewobblycarpenter.com: choose your size and finish, check out, and the checkout confirms that your delivery address is within range before your order is placed. If you are hosting somewhere outside East Texas, take a look at our other service areas and delivery locations to see where the network builds today. For lake weekends and backyard weddings alike, a bar that sets up in minutes and stores flat earns its place. Closer to San Antonio? Compare our San Antonio page — and lake hosts also look at our Chapin market on Lake Murray.