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 22619 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 22619 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.

Support us

Recent posts

Death Cafe: Atlanta Death Cafe EOL 101 ~ Lake Claire Community Land Trust

Posted by Denise Johnson on Dec. 25, 2025, 6:43 p.m.



With Denise Johnson

Jan. 11, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations


Over the past four years, I have attended dozens of Death Cafes and I am always in awe of how the simple concept of coffee, cake, and conversation provides so ...



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

Posted by Loren Peters on Dec. 24, 2025, 5:33 p.m.



With Loren Peters

Jan. 5, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


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



Death Cafe: Death Cafe of Addison County VT

Posted by Palliative Support Services on Dec. 24, 2025, 10:56 a.m.



With Palliative Support Services, PMC

Jan. 16, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (EST)

Free



Death Cafe: Maine Highlands Death Cafe

Posted by PineTreeHospice on Dec. 23, 2025, 12:30 p.m.



With Pine Tree Hospice

Jan. 11, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Free



Death Cafe: DeLand Death Cafe

Posted by greengela on Dec. 23, 2025, 8:22 a.m.



With Angela Stokes

Jan. 8, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations


Let's gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death; the one inevitability!
DeathCafe.com started in England in 2011 and gatherings have been held in almost 100 countries ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe at Milwaukee Public Library - Washington Park Branch

Posted by MarthaBadger on Dec. 22, 2025, 11:01 a.m.



With Greater Milwaukee Death Doulas

Jan. 21, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Central Standard Time)

Accepts donations


A Death Café is a place for people of all ages to discuss issues related to death and dying. The goal is to support each other in normalizing talk about ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe at Milwaukee Public Library - Bay View Branch

Posted by MarthaBadger on Dec. 22, 2025, 10:58 a.m.



With Greater Milwaukee Death Doulas

Jan. 17, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Central Standard Time)

Accepts donations


A Death Café is a place for people of all ages to discuss issues related to death and dying. The goal is to support each other in normalizing talk about ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe at Milwaukee Public Library - East Branch

Posted by MarthaBadger on Dec. 22, 2025, 10:53 a.m.



With Greater Milwaukee Death Doulas

Jan. 6, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Central Standard Time)

Accepts donations


A Death Café is a place for people of all ages to discuss issues related to death and dying. The goal is to support each other in normalizing talk about ...



Death Cafe: Chester UK Death Cafe@Storyhouse

Posted by Sue Barsky Reid on Dec. 22, 2025, 7 a.m.


With Susan Barsky Reid and Linda Butler

Jan. 5, 2026, 2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (GMT)

Accepts donations


The meeting room is on the first floor of Storyhouse. Please buy yourself a hot drink in the Kitchen bearing in mind there is often a wait for them to ...



Death Cafe: Ballard Death Cafe

Posted by lorien on Dec. 22, 2025, 12:36 a.m.



With Lorien Gruchalla and Nora Carria

Jan. 4, 2026, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Free


Ballard–Alki Odd Fellows is proud to donate space for the Ballard Death Café. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows’ mission is grounded in mutual aid, compassion, and community care ...



Death Cafe: Schildow Death Cafe

Posted by PetraWolf on Dec. 21, 2025, 6:59 a.m.



With Petra Wolf

Jan. 10, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (MEZ)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Oxford City UK Death Cafe

Posted by Final Goodbyes on Dec. 21, 2025, 12:08 a.m.



With David Thurston

Jan. 12, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (GMT)

Accepts donations


We have been running since 2017, on Zoom during the pandemic.There are usually 3 or 4 co-facilitators and we split into a smallish groups around tables. In January however ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Deep South - South Africa

Posted by DeathCafeDeepSouth on Dec. 20, 2025, 12:14 a.m.



With Dialina and Mary

Jan. 5, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (GMT+2)

Accepts donations


Please join us for our next meeting at Fish Hoek Library Hall. Entrance is as if you were coming to the Library. 

We will provide tea (Ceylon, Rooibos), coffee (filter ...



Death Cafe: 6th Ave. Tacoma Death Cafe

Posted by sunshinesorrow on Dec. 19, 2025, 8:45 p.m.


With Chelsie

Jan. 16, 2026, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Free



Death Cafe: Death Cafe @ Olympia WI Timberland Library

Posted by aburstein@trl.org on Dec. 19, 2025, 2:30 p.m.


With Glenn Harper

Jan. 12, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (PST)

Free


Join us at the library for a Death Cafe!! At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Rather than a grief support ...