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 17987 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 17987 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 89 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: Esperance Death Cafe West Australia ST

Posted by SueStarr on April 15, 2024, 6:38 p.m.



With Sue Starr

April 27, 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (West Australian standard time)

Accepts donations


Esperance Death Cafe is an open and relaxed venue to discuss all aspects of death and dying. If you're happy to talk about the inevitable, we'd love to ...



Death Cafe: Preston Hollow TX Death Cafe

Posted by Lisa Kanarek on April 15, 2024, 6:29 p.m.


With Lisa Kanarek

May 1, 2024, 6.15 p.m. - 7.45 p.m. (CST)

Free


Talking about death is a part of life. At a Death Cafe, people in the community meet to discuss death. Our goal is to increase awareness of death to help ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Brisbane

Posted by Grassroots Deathcare - Annie Caulfield on April 15, 2024, 4:30 p.m.



With Annie from Grassroots Deathcare

Nov. 10, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (AEST)

Accepts donations


Talking about the 'D' word does not need to be a scary thing. In fact it helps to normalise it, and has deinitely put me firnly into living!

This is ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Brisbane

Posted by Grassroots Deathcare - Annie Caulfield on April 15, 2024, 4:29 p.m.



With Annie from Grassroots Deathcare

Oct. 13, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (AEST)

Accepts donations


Talking about the 'D' word does not need to be a scary thing. In fact it helps to normalise it, and has deinitely put me firnly into living!

This is ...



Death Cafe: Lewes Death Cafe

Posted by Lewes Death Cafe on April 15, 2024, 2:12 p.m.



With Lewes Death Cafe

July 2, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (gmt)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Lewes Death Cafe

Posted by Lewes Death Cafe on April 15, 2024, 2:11 p.m.



With Lewes Death Cafe

June 4, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (gmt)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Evergreen CO Death Cafe

Posted by SarahStowell on April 15, 2024, 1:41 p.m.



With Sarah, Renee, Liz and Amy

April 20, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (MT)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Zen Death Cafe Online CDT

Posted by Denise Leong on April 15, 2024, 11:15 a.m.



With Denise Leong

May 13, 2024, 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Central)

Free


Welcome to this Death Café where we will share our experiences, thoughts, and feelings about death in a safe, supportive environment. All are welcome - especially those who practice in the ...



Death Cafe write up: Swanage Death Cafe

Posted by peterneall on April 15, 2024, 2:05 a.m.

Seven guests, a host and a facilitator met on the afternoon of Friday April 12th 2024 at The Hub in Swanage.

The facilitator introduced the event with a short history of Death Cafe's and an agreement on Ground-rules. 

THen the discusion included all the guests and topics ranging from fear r of death, terror in the face of it, the joy of being fully present at the death of a loved one nd so on. One guest commented on the joy of simply being able to speak of death without being told to stop.

At the end there was a cllear demand to 'go again' with one ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe North County San Diego

Posted by ecolovetransitions on April 14, 2024, 7:54 p.m.



With Nicole Soares & Lisa Dixon

April 16, 2024, 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (PST)

Free


Now that your taxes are done you can think about the only other certainty in your life.... death.

If your life is a movie, how does it end?

The truth ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Norton Library

Posted by SusanR on April 14, 2024, 11:02 a.m.


With STOCKTON library services/Teesside Hospice

May 13, 2024, 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Uk)

Free



Death Cafe: Colorado Springs Dying to talk about Death Cafe

Posted by VictoriaOH on April 14, 2024, 9 a.m.


With Victoria Owens-Harrod

June 8, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations


Victoria is a death doula who believes death should be an accepted topic of conversation and looks forward to hosting monthly Death Cafes as an advocate to help make conversations ...



Death Cafe: Ballydehob Death Cafe

Posted by TessaGibson on April 14, 2024, 6:29 a.m.



With Tessa Gibson

April 27, 2024, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (BST)

Accepts donations


In the end comes also our beginning, the ancient sense of a door opening to some final unknown, some invisible voice attempting to help us come to terms with our ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe- West Baltimore

Posted by mocantin on April 13, 2024, 9:02 p.m.



With Mo DiFranco

May 8, 2024, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations


This event is held in the undercroft of a church but is completely secular in discussion.

It is held at the Gathering Ground (the undercroft) which is an inclusive community ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Cancun

Posted by Alfredo Femat on April 13, 2024, 8:09 p.m.



With Alfredo Femat

April 27, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (GTM -6)

Accepts donations


Este es un espacio seguro para poder hablar y compartir acerca de un hecho natural y humano como la muerte.

El evento es patrocinado por Sanctum Forest