Thanks for the answers. Buying casascius coins sounds like a nice idea, but I don't have a lot of cash to invest in that kind of thing. I'll talk to the festival organizers about it though, cheers for the idea.
I forgot to mention: the festival is in Europe, in Romania to be more precise. SMS would do the job. I have found only one SMS-to-Bitcoin wallet application that would work here, on the http://blockchain.info/ site. I'll look into how safe it is.
I'm assuming some people will have Android phones, in that case wouldn't it be a good idea to also print a QR code off this site http://qr.ma.eatgold.com/index.php and use that?