I am assuming this means you will not be close to your subjects. If this is the case, what I would look for in a point and shoot camera is a lens with at least a 10x optical zoom. If this will be an indoor event you will most likely need to use a flash, and the flashes on point and shoot cameras are often not powerful enough to light distant subjects properly. I would actually suggest looking into purchasing a DSLR with an external flash that mounts to the cameras hotshoe. External flashes have two benefits when shooting indoor subjects at a distance, they have much greater distance coverage than built in flashes do, and they will greatly reduce red-eye in photographs.