For the first time since 2019, Canines, Cats and Cabernet – the largest annual fundraiser for the Corinne T. Smith Animal Center – returns. The event, which originated in 2006, is slated for 5:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at the Agave Event Center, located at 2795 FM 2125 in Brownwood.

“We’re firing this back up because the shelter really needs some updates to the building, to the pens,” said Amber Langley, on behalf of the Corinne T. Smith Animal Center. “We’re holding on to some of them with bailing wire and duct tape to keep them closed, and we’re always at capacity or over capacity. Right now it’s puppy season and kitten season and that’s hitting us hard and heavy. Everyone that can, please come out.”

Presented by Ag-Mart, Canines, Cats and Cabernet will feature local cuisine samplings, libations, live music, a silent auction, and a live auction.

Debra Mathis will play the piano and a juggler will be on hand for the first hour, according to Langley, and The Remedy will be performing as well.

Live auction items include two rifles, a handgun, Dallas Cowboys tickets and parking passes, dove hunts, a pheasant hunt, a weekend trip to Matagorda, pieces of artwork, a set of tires from Trans-Texas Tire, and a 30-foot round pen for animals. Silent auction items include purses, jewelry, wreaths, wallets, hand bags, quilts, art work, gift certificates, gift baskets, and more.

Tickets are $75 and available at the shelter, Rescue Resale, KOXE, KXYL, Smith and Sharpe Insurance and Ag-Mart. Those interested in tickets can also call Betty at 325-642-7357 or Donna at 325-647-7396.