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 20543 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 20543 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 93 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.

Support us

Recent posts

Death Cafe: Online PST Gentle Passage Doula Collective Death Cafe

Posted by GentlePassageDoula on April 8, 2025, 10:24 p.m.



With Gentle Passage Doula Collective

April 11, 2025, 12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations


OUR PRINCIPLES

The Gentle Passage Doula Collective is a group of healthcare professionals who recognized the need for specialized end-of-life care and felt a calling to fill that void. Through ...



Death Cafe: April Online Death Cafe CDT

Posted by Michelle Leray on April 8, 2025, 6:01 p.m.



With Michelle Leray

April 13, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Central Daylight Time)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Woodstock, Il

Posted by Janet Balboa on April 8, 2025, 5:03 p.m.



With janet balboa

April 16, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Cst/ central)

Accepts donations


Join us for a warm, open conversation about life and death in a supportive space. We’ll begin with a brief introduction to Death Cafe, followed by free-flowing discussion. Bring ...



Death Cafe: Bangalore Death Cafe

Posted by ShikhaS on April 8, 2025, 2:21 a.m.



With Dr. Shikha Soni

April 13, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. (IST)

Accepts donations


It will be an interactive session to normalize conversations around death over tea and cake. 



Death Cafe: 6th Ave. Tacoma Death Cafe

Posted by sunshinesorrow on April 7, 2025, 12:47 p.m.


With Chelsie

April 18, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Free


Death Cafe held in Crescent Moon Gifts' Starlight Tea Lounge



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Muskoka

Posted by marlenebl on April 7, 2025, 12:21 p.m.



With Marlene and Owen

April 10, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EDT)

Free




Death Cafe: Death Cafe Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Posted by Karen Sebens on April 7, 2025, 11:58 a.m.



With Karen Sebens

April 15, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (Central)

Free



Death Cafe: Chattanooga Death Cafe – Open Conversation on Life and Death

Posted by WithoutFear on April 7, 2025, 11:18 a.m.



With Alexis Hughes

April 19, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (EST)

Free


Join us for an open, judgment-free conversation about death, dying, and everything in between at our next Death Café.

This is not a grief group, seminar, or counseling session—just ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Santa Barbara

Posted by the Death Cafe Team: Liz, Lee & Rebecca on April 6, 2025, 8:09 p.m.


With Death Cafe Team

April 23, 2025, 3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Hello Friends,

 

You're invited to the next meeting of Death Cafe Santa Barbara, in conjunction with The Center for Successful Aging.  

 

Death Cafe is a place to gather together ...



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe EST

Posted by Emily Kent on April 6, 2025, 4:41 p.m.



With Emily Kent

April 22, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations


Come share your thoughts or concerns around death and dying. No agenda, no judgment. 

 

Zoom Meeting ID: 890 6367 0500

Passcode: 758879



Death Cafe: Viroqua Death Cafe

Posted by Kelly Whited-Ford on April 5, 2025, 1:51 p.m.


With Kelly Whited-Ford and Heather Krey

April 22, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (EST)

Free


We want to start an open and honest discussion about death and dying in the Great Miami River region. It is our intention to hold Death Cafes throughout the area ...



Death Cafe: Bonnington Centre Death Cafe London SW8

Posted by Bonnington Centre Death Cafe on April 5, 2025, 1:18 p.m.


With Susan Bewley

April 14, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. (UK)

Accepts donations


Our Death Cafe is a place to meet face-to-face and freely share any topic around death & dying. It is informal, lightly facilitated and in a lovely community centre café. No ...




With Tatiana Kemp

April 11, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. ( Moscow)

Accepts donations


На собственном опыте столкнулась с тем, что мне было трудно найти людей в моем окружении, с которыми я могла бы свободно говорить о смерти сына, или слушать мои воспоминания о ...



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe EST

Posted by fcaofMD on April 4, 2025, 11:57 a.m.



With Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs (FCAME)

April 16, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations


If interested in joining this Death Cafe, please email info@mdfunerals.org for the zoom link. We look forward to seeing you there!



Death Cafe: Ballydehob Death Cafe

Posted by TessaGibson on April 4, 2025, 5:35 a.m.



With Tessa Gibson

April 19, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (BST)

Accepts donations


To honour our grief…is to fulfil a covenant with soul.    Francis Weller