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 19656 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 19656 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: Virtual Death Cafe PST

Posted by Rita4Life on Dec. 6, 2024, 7:28 p.m.



With Rita4Life

Dec. 19, 2024, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 a.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Liverpool Death Cafe

Posted by hejt on Dec. 6, 2024, 11:42 a.m.



With Hannah Todd

Jan. 15, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)

Accepts donations


I am a big believer that we do not talk about death adequately or often enough, which can have huge ramifications on how we process grief.

Death Cafe for me ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Laramie Plains Civic Center

Posted by Leeschwa on Dec. 6, 2024, 7:57 a.m.



With Lisa Cox

Dec. 16, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Mountain )

Accepts donations


We all have 2 things in common: We are born and we die. Join others who have questions about death in a non-judgmental, agenda-free atmosphere.

This event is FREE with ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Verona

Posted by Serena Quaggia on Dec. 6, 2024, 4:10 a.m.



With Me

Dec. 14, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Rome)

Free


My purpose is just to create a safe place where people can feel listened and free to talk about death, loss and grieving, without feeling judgement.



Death Cafe: Ellicott City Death Cafe

Posted by PaulDKang on Dec. 5, 2024, 7:54 p.m.



With Paul Kang

Dec. 20, 2024, 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)

Free


Death Cafe is for the living, where you focus on death in order to perceive life.

Death is the strangest, most natural phenomenon that none can avoid - yet we literally ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Raleigh NC

Posted by heather@rfhr.com on Dec. 5, 2024, 11:58 a.m.



With Renaissance Funeral Home and Atria Oakridge

Dec. 18, 2024, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (United States)

Accepts donations


Light refreshments will be provided.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Santa Barbara

Posted by lholzman on Dec. 5, 2024, 9:25 a.m.



With Lynn Holzman

Dec. 18, 2024, 3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Hello Friends!
You're invited to Death Cafe Santa Barbara (in conjunction with The Center for Successful Aging) with Liz Bauer, Lynn Holzman, and Peggy Levine
Date: Wednesday, December 18 ...


Death Cafe: Los Angeles Death Cafe

Posted by janemiller18 on Dec. 4, 2024, 6:46 p.m.



With Jane Miller

Jan. 19, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Los Angeles Death Cafe is an opportunity to gather with a group of friendly, earnest people, under the LA sunshine, and talk about death and dying. It's a beautiful ...



Death Cafe: Wallingford WA Death Cafe

Posted by amanda@wallingfordseniors.org on Dec. 4, 2024, 3:42 p.m.



With Denise Malm

Jan. 7, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations


Join in an open conversation about death! Advanced registration is required. Email register@wallingfordseniors.org or call 206-461-7825 to register.



Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Whangarei

Posted by Jo Moselen on Dec. 4, 2024, 2:53 p.m.

We were a small group of three plus the two organisers, this made for a relaxed and intimate conversation which included planning for a funeral, changes to the assisted dying bill, fear around dying, embalming, colonisation and funeral practices. The attendees were all people who had been to Death Cafes before. 

The feedback was encouraging - one comment being "it feels so freeing each time to talk about death"

The venue, a room in the local library worked well.  



Death Cafe: Greater Monadnock Region Death Cafe @ HCS

Posted by Jessica Johansson on Dec. 3, 2024, 9:03 p.m.



With Rev. Jessica Johansson

Jan. 14, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Free


A Death Cafe is an event where people get together to drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Our aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Seattle - North King County ONLINE

Posted by Loren Peters on Dec. 3, 2024, 8:17 p.m.



With Loren Peters

Jan. 6, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


All are welcome.  Please join and add your voice to our ongoing conversation about dying, death and life.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Tuolumne County

Posted by LastEdit on Dec. 3, 2024, 4:47 p.m.



With Stefani Reichle

Dec. 18, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (PST)

Free



Death Cafe: Jefferson Humanists Death Cafe

Posted by Sollars on Dec. 3, 2024, 3:57 a.m.



With Linda Sollars and Karen Keeran

Jan. 4, 2025, 1.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (MST)

Free


This is our monthly Death Cafe meeting, hosted by Linda Sollars, a professor and career coach and Karen Keeran, a certified death doula. We discuss and share the experiences, thoughts ...



Death Cafe write up: Knaresborough Death Cafe

Posted by Richard Cyster on Dec. 3, 2024, 3:27 a.m.

This is the first Death Cafe I've organoised so I was a little nervous.  However, I needn't have worried.  Seven people turned up, including two who'd seen it advertised on the Death Cafe website.  We had a wide-ranging conversation over tea/coffee (and cake!) which encompassed a range of subjects including visits to Dignitas, funerals, cremation or burial and the possibility of donating your body to medical science.  We will meet again at the end of January 2025.