Welcome to Death Cafe

A Death Cafe is an event where people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death.

At a Death Cafe people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Our aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives.

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Support Death Cafe

Running Death Cafe is great fun but does take a lot of time. If you value this work please support us on Patreon.

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Talking about death

A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 22489 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 22489 Death Cafes. These never involve agendas, advertising or set conclusions. Interesting conversations are guaranteed!

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Host a Death Cafe

People who adopt the model set out in our guide are welcome to set up their own Death Cafes. So far we've held Death Cafes in 94 countries.

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Support Death Cafe

Running Death Cafe is great fun but does take time and resources. If you value this work please support us on Patreon.

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Recent posts

Death Cafe: Death Cafe Kraków [Czajownia]

Posted by deathCafeKrakow on Dec. 5, 2025, 1:36 a.m.



With Adam Hałaczkiewicz, Katarzyna Janik, Jurek Skowron

Dec. 10, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (CET; UTC+01:00)

Free


KIEDY: Środa, 10 grudnia 2025 r., godz. 18:30
GDZIE: Herbaciarnia Czajownia, ul. Józefa Dietla 50, 31-039 Kraków
WSTĘP WOLNY
Dla uczestników przewidziana specjalna oferta herbat/ciast ...


Death Cafe: Lafayette Virtual Death Cafe MST

Posted by Suemackey on Dec. 3, 2025, 7:42 p.m.



With Out of the Box End-of-Life Planning

Dec. 8, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (mountain)

Accepts donations


All are welcome!

NOTE:  Later start tme of 6:30 p.m.!

The Zoom link is:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82546667923

 

One tap mobile

+16699006833,,82546667923# 

We have been ...



Death Cafe: Orange December Death Cafe in OC, CA

Posted by Tim Ringgold on Dec. 3, 2025, 11:43 a.m.



With Tim Ringgold

Dec. 6, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations


The holidays bring more than cheer for many of us. Come listen and share about how death has affected you and others this holiday season. 

Have some tea, eat some ...



Death Cafe: International Online Death Cafe for Russian Speakers

Posted by KempTatiana on Dec. 2, 2025, 5:37 p.m.



With Tatiana Kemp

Dec. 6, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. ( Saint Petersburg)

Accepts donations


"Боль как и любовь нуждается в высказывании"  - Меган Девайн 

 

Когда на собственном опыте я столкнулась с тем, что мне было трудно найти людей в моем окружении, с которыми я могла ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Belgrade

Posted by Inna Diachenko on Dec. 2, 2025, 6:46 a.m.


With Inna Diachenko and Alla Krutikova

Dec. 7, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (CET)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Puyallup WA Death Cafe

Posted by sunshinesorrow on Dec. 1, 2025, 1:57 p.m.


With Chelsie

Dec. 10, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Free


Death Cafe will be held in Board Room



Death Cafe: Vista Death Cafe

Posted by Mel McClave on Dec. 1, 2025, 12:19 p.m.



With Melissa 'Mel' McClave

Dec. 10, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Free


I run this Death Cafe with no expectations, agenda, speakers, or direction. Everyone is welcome. This Death Cafe is open to all ages, beliefs, and levels of comfort around the ...



Death Cafe write up: Chelmsford Death Cafe

Posted by Jane Iskander on Nov. 28, 2025, 10:16 a.m. 1 comment

Death Café Chelmsford UK

Date & Location

The Art Place Chelmsford.  28/11.25

 

Attendance

  • 5  attendees:
  • Of whom 4 were new participants:
  • 1 returning participant:

An interesting mix of familiar and new attendees, some of whom were visiting with a view to hosting a Death Café in their local community.   

We began with a reminder that this is a confidential space where everyone is free to speak or simply listen.”

We clarified what a Death Café is — an open, respectful space to talk about death — and what it isn’t, ie not therapy, counselling, or a place with an agenda or intended outcomes or product.

Topics Discussed

The ...



Death Cafe write up: Dulwich Death Cafe

Posted by annkenrick on Nov. 27, 2025, 7:06 a.m.

Death Café report

Bell House

20th November 2026

 

It was a really fantastic turnout and a lovely atmosphere and we split into three tables to accommodate everyone and ensure all could have their say.

One group moderated by Melissa was a seemingly undiverse collection of white women and one man aged between 40 - 85, but each had different thoughts, styles and approaches. They discussed themes of legacy and control over death. They discussed funeral wishes and how these match up with what actually takes place. Talking about grief and how it feels to lose someone. About assisted dying and suicide.

Towards the end Melissa felt the atmosphere ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Green Bay WI

Posted by greenbaydenise on Nov. 26, 2025, 7:36 a.m.



With Denise Larson with Annette Grunseth

Dec. 15, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (CST)

Free


The last Green Bay Death Cafe was held the week of lockdown for COVID-19. There have been online opportunities but no chance to gather for these important discussions in our ...



Death Cafe: Maine Highlands Death Cafe

Posted by PineTreeHospice on Nov. 25, 2025, 12:15 p.m.



With Pine Tree Hospice

Dec. 14, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Free



Death Cafe: Marin County, CA Death Cafe

Posted by ChristineComaford on Nov. 25, 2025, 9:41 a.m.



With Christine Comaford

Dec. 11, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations


Local Marin County, CA End-of-Life Doula Christine Comaford is offering a Death Cafe each month.

It is a gently monderated, non-denominational gathering for support in all topics around death and ...



Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Blarney, Co Cork

Posted by Ivan on Nov. 25, 2025, 9:36 a.m. 1 comment

  • Overall, how would you rate this event? 5 = excellent, 1 = poor:

Average 4.75

 

Comment:

Excellent

Very insightful

I thought we would discuss our time before death. Once we are not alive anymore the rest does not matter to the dead person any longer

Time to think, reflect and hear other peoples views

Excellent

 

  • Would you say that attending this event affected your feelings about death and / or life?

 

If Yes, please attempt to say how:

 

Yes, affirmed my own thoughts which thought were out of kilter!

Normalised feelings

Just kept the topic of death open for me

Yes it did bring up memories

Yes, grief never goes ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Sofia

Posted by Iva Mechkunova on Nov. 25, 2025, 7:44 a.m.



With Iva M.

Dec. 10, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EEST (UTC +3) )

Free



Death Cafe: Montclair NJ Death Cafe

Posted by NJ Death Cafe on Nov. 24, 2025, 11:04 p.m.



With Jodi Brooks, Amanda Faison, and Loren Talbot

Dec. 15, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations


We invite you to join us for a Death Cafe. This facilitated gathering allows for our community to come together to talk openly and honestly about life and death over ...