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
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Running Death Cafe is great fun but does take a lot of time. If you value this work please support us on Patreon.
Talking about death
A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 21690 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 21690 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.
Our guide
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.
Recent posts
Death Cafe: Online Death Cafe for Deathworkers PST
Posted by beyondtheveildoulas on Sept. 2, 2025, 11:19 p.m.
With Beyond The Veil Doula Collective - Magdalena DeRosa
Sept. 7, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (Pacific)
Free
We've chosen to host this seasonal online Death Cafe because we beilieve that we are much stronger together than apart. There is a freedom and camaraderie we find in ...
Death Cafe: Leap Death Cafe at CECAS, Myross House,, co Cork Ireland
Posted by Marika O'Sullivan on Sept. 1, 2025, 5:47 a.m.
With Marika O'Sullivan
Sept. 6, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
offering the opportunity to talk about any aspect of death with other open minded souls. If the group is large we will go into small groups to allow for more ...
With 柳谦
Sept. 6, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (+8)
Accepts donations
“死亡咖啡馆活动招募” 西安 9.6
With Lindsay Smith Kafka, J.D., R.N.
Sept. 9, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (EST)
Accepts donations
With Mr. & Mrs. Holdgrafer
Sept. 6, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Pacific)
Free
With Gerald J Novack
Sept. 7, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (MST)
Accepts donations
New Blog post: My First Experience of Life Beyond Death
Posted by DavidWimble on Aug. 16, 2025, 6:37 p.m.
My first experience beyond death wasn't flashy ... no lights or images ... but it was profound.
I was living alone in a small house.
This took place 38 years ago. I was 28 years old.
I had been experiencing energy flowing into my body for the first time a short time leading up to the life changing energy experience.
So I already knew that there was life beyond the normal day to day existence.
It ...
With Jenny Martin and Susan Bailey Kadin
Sept. 16, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
Free
We want to encourage the normalization of conversations around death, dying, and grief.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Acomb
Posted by lewis.lansford on Aug. 15, 2025, 4:27 a.m.
Seven of us gathered for this meeting. We spoke openly, we listened, we laughed, we cried. According to the feedback, it was:
• Thought-provoking, entertaining, worthwhile
• Friendly, non-judgemental, wonderful
• Fun conversations
• Trusting environment
• Powerful, enlightening, liberating
• Open, refreshing, safe
• Validating, relaxed
Other feedback:
• It’s refreshing to speak to people who are not scared of death.
• No answer is wrong.
• No shame in dying.
A big thank you to everyone who showed up and made it happen.
With Tim Ringgold
Sept. 6, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Pacific)
Accepts donations
As a music therapist, we'll start and end each meetup with a little live music from yours truly to help drop in and create connection. Death is what makes ...
Death Cafe write up: Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR
Posted by nomenoyou1 on Aug. 10, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
We had good attendance today and Scott facilitated. Cake, tea and ice water were shared. Even though the meeting was smaller the conversation was robust and filled the full two hours. There had been recent loss in the group with need to dialogue. An experienced health care provider shared their experiences. We discussed ways to assure that your wishes are respected near the end of life. Several attendees discussed fear from various perspectives, and the group was able to provide valuable insights. Frustrations with lack of communication from family was a common theme. We discussed POLST, advanced directives and end of life decision makers.
Death Cafe write up: Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - August 2025
Posted by Houston Death Cafe on Aug. 8, 2025, 4:54 p.m.
Central Houston's August 2025 Death Cafe
We had over ~35 people attend this month's Death Cafe, and thanks to the library had rooms available to divide the group in two. It has been a week and I'm still parsing all that was shared by the group I facilitated -- almost half were first timers to a Death Cafe. I am in awe of the vulnerability, strength, laughter, and care that came out of two hours on a Saturday morning. Thank you, one and all.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue.
If there is something missing from my list you'd ...
Death Cafe: Rochester, NY Death Cafe with Jennifer Sanfilippo
Posted by JenniferSanfilippo on Aug. 8, 2025, 7:12 a.m.
With Irondequoit Public Library
Sept. 9, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EST)
Free
Jennifer explains her reasons for engaging the community in these important end-of-life conversations: “Losing my husband had a profound effect on how I view the world and my place in ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Seattle - North King County ONLINE
Posted by Loren Peters on Aug. 6, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
With Loren Peters
Sept. 8, 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 write up: A Highland Park IL Death Cafe
Posted by Danny Frohman on Aug. 5, 2025, 2:09 p.m.
We had 26 folks show up for our first cafe at the HP Senior Center. Three even came all the way from Woodstock in mutual support for our common efforts. Lots of comments, lots of questions, and strong support for a regular event. Great start!