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 19327 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 19327 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 Death Cafe San Diego PST with Frank and Mits

Posted by mitsuo on Oct. 31, 2024, 1:37 p.m.



With Frank Stefano and Mits Tomita

Nov. 12, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations


Death Cafe's provide an agenda-free safe place to discuss death and dying and life and living.  Not a grief support group, it is no more and no less than ...



Death Cafe: ICSC Death Cafe

Posted by mbuhman@iowa-city.org on Oct. 31, 2024, 12:21 p.m.



With Michelle Buhman

Nov. 8, 2024, 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Central Standard time)

Free


This event is hybrid, attend either in person or over Zoom. You need to register for the Zoom link. 



Death Cafe: Central PA Death Cafe & Insightful Conversation (November 2024)

Posted by thebutterflybeth on Oct. 31, 2024, 10:19 a.m.



With Beth Montgomery

Nov. 16, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations


Engage deeply with others on the topic of Death through a distinctive and enriching experience at our Death Cafe on Saturday, November 16th. 

 

We will be offering a monthly Death ...



Death Cafe: Frodsham Death Cafe

Posted by candirisk on Oct. 31, 2024, 9:22 a.m.


With Iris Keating

Nov. 20, 2024, 1.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (GMT)

Free



Death Cafe: Tucson AZ Death Cafe

Posted by kellykahlstrom on Oct. 30, 2024, 9:19 p.m.


With Lynda Kelly Kahlstrom

Nov. 20, 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Arizona)

Free


I, Kelly am taking a death doula class through Iliff School of Theology. This is one of my learning objectives. It is being held at Rincon Congregational United Church of ...



Death Cafe: Leadville, CO Death Cafe

Posted by edetienne on Oct. 30, 2024, 9:14 p.m.



With Sarah Roberts and Elizabeth DeTienne

Nov. 18, 2024, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Mountain )

Free



Death Cafe: Kingsman AZ Death Cafe Death Downtown

Posted by Amy Devine on Oct. 30, 2024, 4:22 p.m.



With Amy Devine, LMSW and Karolyn Vansickle-Binkinz, chaplain

Nov. 14, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Arizona)

Free


We are excited to bring these important conversations to our rural area in Arizona.  We are passionate about normalizing conversations around death and dying and working to make the most ...



Death Cafe: Online Community Death Cafe GMT

Posted by emac84 on Oct. 30, 2024, 2:19 p.m.



With Erin MacDonald

Nov. 24, 2024, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (GMT)

Free


Bring your curiosity and join us for an informal conversation that's guided by its participants around death and dying in a safe, inclusive space. 

 

If you're interested in ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Larnaca

Posted by Tailami on Oct. 30, 2024, 6:13 a.m.



With Tree of Life center

Nov. 23, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (UTC +2)

Accepts donations


My name is Tanya and I am a facilitator of this event. I am aspiring death doula, meditation facilitator and gamedesigner. She finished russian-speaking death doulas' course by DeathFoundation and ...



Death Cafe: Estonia Death Cafe

Posted by jurje on Oct. 30, 2024, 4:14 a.m.



With Jürje koert

Nov. 24, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (UTC+02:00)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Ipswich Australia

Posted by GriefGuide on Oct. 29, 2024, 9:20 p.m.


With Ali Mills (Grief Guide)

Nov. 29, 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (AEST)

Accepts donations


The holiday season is often a difficult one for those who are grieving within the community.

Let’s come together to eat cake, drink tea and talk about death, dying ...



Death Cafe: Online Abergavenny Death Cafe GMT

Posted by Jane Grayer on Oct. 29, 2024, 6:52 a.m.



With Jane Grayer

Dec. 4, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (BST)

Free


This is a drop in session - come when you can and leave when you like. You're welcome  In my line of work I am constantly supporting families who are ...



Death Cafe: Abergavenny Death Cafe

Posted by Jane Grayer on Oct. 29, 2024, 6:51 a.m.



With Jane Grayer

Nov. 6, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (BST)

Free


This is a drop in session - come when you can and leave when you like. You're welcome  In my line of work I am constantly supporting families who are ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Bogotá

Posted by Ivonne Tashko on Oct. 28, 2024, 7:03 p.m.



With Ivonne Tashko

Nov. 9, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Bogotá)

Free


Hablemos de la muerte mientras nos tomamos un café.

Esta existencia nuestra es tan pasajera
como las nubes de otoño.
Observar el nacimiento y la muerte de los seres ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Project

Posted by Jazmyn Roensch on Oct. 28, 2024, 1:45 p.m.


With Jazmyn Roensch and Charlee Rohrer

Nov. 21, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Central)

Free


We were provided a list of project ideas, and we were most intrigued in holding a Death Cafe on our campus.