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 19742 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 19742 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


With Nicole Soares

Jan. 14, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (PST)

Free


Our Death Café at Fox Point Farms is inspired by the belief that openly discussing death can help us live more fully. Too often, death is a topic avoided or ...



Death Cafe: East Dallas Death Cafe

Posted by LisaClemmer on Dec. 20, 2024, 1:45 p.m.



With Lisa Clemmer

Jan. 10, 2025, 2.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (central)

Free


I attended my first Death Cafe in May 2024 in Santa Fe while on vacation. I had never heard of it before and when I went searching there wasn't ...



Death Cafe: Woodstock, IL Death Cafe

Posted by Janet Balboa on Dec. 20, 2024, 1:18 p.m.



With janet balboa

Jan. 15, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.45 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: Death Cafe Gabriola

Posted by krunnalls on Dec. 20, 2024, 12:04 p.m.



With Mary & Gary Holdgrafer

Jan. 4, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Pacific)

Free



Death Cafe: Central PA Death Cafe (January 2025)

Posted by thebutterflybeth on Dec. 20, 2024, 8 a.m.



With Beth Montgomery

Jan. 18, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)

Free


Engage deeply with others on the topic of Death through a distinctive and enriching experience at our Death Cafe on Saturday, January 18th. 

 

We will be offering a monthly Death ...



Death Cafe: Tuolumne County Death Cafe

Posted by LastEdit on Dec. 19, 2024, 6:25 p.m.



With STEFANI REICHLE

Jan. 22, 2025, 5.45 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (PACIFIC)

Free


I AM EXCITED TO OFFER DEATH CAFES IN TUOLUMNE COUNTY TO ALLOW A SAFE AND CONFIDENTIAL SPACE TO CHAT ABOUT DEATH, WHICH TOUCHES US ALL. AND HAVE DRINKS AND SNACKS !



Death Cafe: Bedford NH Death Cafe

Posted by BPLCaitlin on Dec. 19, 2024, 6:12 p.m.



With Bedford Public Library Staff and Rev. Jessica Johansson

Jan. 22, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Ann Arbor Death Cafe

Posted by Merilynne Rush on Dec. 19, 2024, 2:27 p.m.



With Ann Arbor Death Cafe team

Feb. 15, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (Eastern US)

Accepts donations


The Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) Death Cafe was founded in November 2012 by Merilynne Rush and has been meeting monthly since then. In Sept 2024 we moved the online meetings ...



Death Cafe: Ann Arbor Death Cafe

Posted by Merilynne Rush on Dec. 19, 2024, 2:27 p.m.



With Ann Arbor Death Cafe team

Jan. 18, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (Eastern US)

Accepts donations


The Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) Death Cafe was founded in November 2012 by Merilynne Rush and has been meeting monthly since then. In Sept 2024 we moved the online meetings ...



Death Cafe: Ann Arbor Death Cafe Online EST

Posted by Merilynne Rush on Dec. 19, 2024, 2:24 p.m.



With Ann Arbor Death Cafe team

Feb. 1, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Eastern US)

Accepts donations


The Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) Death Cafe was founded in November 2012 by Merilynne Rush and has been meeting monthly since then. In Sept 2024 we moved the online meetings ...



Death Cafe: Ann Arbor Death Cafe Online EST

Posted by Merilynne Rush on Dec. 19, 2024, 2:23 p.m.



With Ann Arbor Death Cafe team

Jan. 4, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Eastern US)

Accepts donations


The Ann Arbor (Michigan, USA) Death Cafe was founded in November 2012 by Merilynne Rush and has been meeting monthly since then. In Sept 2024 we moved the online meetings ...



Death Cafe: Eastern Sierra Death Cafe

Posted by DeathDoula. on Dec. 19, 2024, 12:57 p.m.



With Hari Khalsa, BSN, RN, CHPN

Jan. 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (PST)

Free



Death Cafe: Eastern Sierra Death Cafe

Posted by DeathDoula. on Dec. 19, 2024, 12:55 p.m.



With Hari Khalsa, BSN, RN, CHPN

Jan. 11, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (PST)

Free



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Dallas

Posted by Britna Savarese on Dec. 19, 2024, 12:33 p.m.



With Britna Savarese

Feb. 25, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations


Our aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives.

Please join us for these open, inclusive, agenda-free discussions around death and ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Dallas

Posted by Britna Savarese on Dec. 19, 2024, 12:31 p.m.



With Britna Savarese

Jan. 28, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations


Our aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives.

Please join us for these open, inclusive, agenda-free discussions around death and ...