Portable multi-function lighting system

A portable, multifunction lighting system, comprising:

• two or more portable, multifunction lighting apparatuses, including:
• a mounting light bar having an internal cavity and at least one opening formed in an outer surface of the mounting light bar;
• at least one light source mounted within the internal cavity in alignment with said at least one opening, wherein each of the at least one light sources emits light through said at least one opening;
• at least one light fixture removably secured to the mounting light bar outside said internal cavity;
• and
• a power source mounted within the internal cavity providing power to said at least one light source and said at least one light fixture;
• exactly one of said two or more portable, multifunction lighting apparatuses configured to operate in master mode, and the remaining portable, multifunction lighting apparatuses configured to operate in a slave mode;
• said two or more portable, multifunction lighting apparatuses connected together in a daisy chain;
• wherein each portable, multifunction lighting apparatus includes a control signal input interface and a control signal output interface and the control signal output interface of the master at least one of:
• is connected to the control signal input interface of a first slave using a cable;
• or wirelessly communicates control signals to the control signal interface of a first slave.

A method of using a portable, multifunction lighting system including multiple different lighting effects, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first portable, multifunction lighting apparatus, including:
• a mounting light bar extending longitudinally and having an internal cavity and at least one opening formed in an outer surface of a longitudinally extending face of the mounting light bar;
• at least one light source providing a first lighting effect mounted within the internal cavity in alignment with said at least one opening through the longitudinally extending face, wherein each at least one light source emits light through said at least one opening in accordance with the first lighting effect;
• at least one light fixture removably secured to the mounting light bar outside said internal cavity and providing a second lighting effect different from the first lighting effect;
• at least a second light fixture removably secured to the mounting light bar outside said internal cavity and providing a third lighting effect different from the first and second lighting effects;
• a power source mounted within the internal cavity providing power to at least one of said at least one light source, said at least one light fixture or said at least a second light fixture;
• and
• operating the portable, multifunction lighting system to illuminate at least one of said at least one light source, said at least one light fixture or said at least a second light fixture.