Tonight, the irreverent Krewe of Mona Lisa/ Moonpie will roll through the streets of Olde Towne in Slidell.

The krewe is the city’s only walking krewe, even though some of its 150 members do use grocery carts and baby strollers as floats that usually are satirical. The krewe of Mona Lisa/Moonpie started 30 years ago by two local artists, which accounts for its name. Mona Lisa is for art, and Moonpie is for the ubiquitous southern snack. The krewe likes to celebrate the arts and the southern lifestyle.

The krewe is most famous for its one unique throw, the moonpie. Krewe Captain Tom Collins said that members threw out over 35,000 Moonpies last year. “It’s sort of organized chaos,” Collins said. The king this year is local musician Greg Barnhill and his queen is local singer Debbie Lefort.

The krewe start to roll, er, walk around 7 p.m. The carts will start and end at the corner of Robert and Carey streets in Olde Towne. The krewe will make a big circle of Olde Towne going south on First Street then back to Carey to Cleveland Street where it will go east to Second Street, north on Second to Erlanger, take a left, then back down First to Carey and back to its starting point.

Because the Krewe of Dionysus parade falls on Super Bowl Sunday this year, the krewe has decided to start a half hour early Sunday at 12:30 p.m. instead of 1 p.m. so that spectators can get home in time to watch our beloved Saints win the Super Bowl.

This is the 25th year of the krewe and the the parade will have 18 floats. Eight band and 17 dancegroups.

In honor of its silver anniversary, float riders will be throwing out special cloisonné throws as well as special beads and cutps to mark the birthday.

This year Gary Gerrigan will be King Dionysus XXV, and Jilliun Wallace will reign as Queen Dionysis XXV.

The floats start to roll at 12:30 p.m. Sunday and take the traditional route through Slidell, starting at Salmen High School on Spartan Drive and ending in Midtown Square on Gause Boulevard.