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 22890 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 22890 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 97 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: Death Cafe, Online EST

Posted by Jessica Heintz on Feb. 8, 2026, 10:30 a.m.



With Jessica Heintz

March 1, 2026, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (ET)

Accepts donations


Join me for a lively conversation about death and dying!

What to expect:

-circle conversation group.

-no agenda, no goals and no intention to persuade. Only sharing views.

-safe space ...



Death Cafe: Chesterfield Death Cafe

Posted by JenniferJurlando on Feb. 8, 2026, 8:35 a.m.



With Jennifer Jurlando

March 12, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Free


Jennifer and Chesterfield Libraries are hosting this event in hopes of creating space for participants to talk candidly about death and dying.  This death cafe is the kick-off of a ...



Death Cafe: Gabriola Death Cafe

Posted by krunnalls on Feb. 7, 2026, 4:36 p.m.



With Mary and Gary

March 7, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Pacific)

Free



Death Cafe: Riga Death Cafe / Nāves kafejnīca

Posted by Naves_kafejnica on Feb. 7, 2026, 6:28 a.m.



With Rihards Vālands, Agnese Poikāne

Feb. 13, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Riga / Latvia)

Free


Death is not a threat, but a mirror in which we see life without masks.

Our Death Café is a space for open, gentle conversations about the boundaries that make ...



Death Cafe: Ponderosa Valley Funeral Home Death Cafe

Posted by dallaschandler on Feb. 6, 2026, 5:36 p.m.



With Convict Coffee Company

Feb. 21, 2026, 4.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Mountain )

Free


Join the all women team at Pondersoa Valley funeral home for a unique and open conversation about death, over coffee.. and maybe a little dark humor. Voted Best Funeral Home ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Bakers Hill

Posted by DeathDoulaBakersHill on Feb. 6, 2026, 8:30 a.m.


With me

Feb. 12, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (AWST)

Free


 Following the profound personal loss of her partner in 2015, she dedicated her career to compassionate end-of-life support. Anita founded Death Café Bakers Hill to provide a safe, non-judgmental space ...



Death Cafe: Birmingham AL Death Cafe

Posted by halliejess on Feb. 5, 2026, 6:13 p.m.



With Birmingham Community Deathcare

Feb. 24, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. (CST)

Free


Quarterly event hosted by the Birmingham Deathcare Community. As we step into this new year, many of us are feeling how tender the world is right now. It feels especially ...



Death Cafe: Richmond BC Death Cafe

Posted by DCRichmond on Feb. 5, 2026, 5 p.m.



With Anneke Rees

March 7, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Pacific)

Free


Sponsored by Richmond Public Library



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Exeter (Age UK Exeter)

Posted by holliewestaway on Feb. 5, 2026, 3:31 p.m.


With Hollie

March 11, 2026, 1.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (GMT)

Accepts donations


Hollie’s aim is to create a safe, relaxed, and respectful space where people can talk openly about death, dying, and how these themes shape the way we live. The ...



Death Cafe: Online Death Cafe Noire EST

Posted by DeathLadyNoire on Feb. 5, 2026, 3:07 p.m.


With Traci

Feb. 14, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Eastern Time (EST) New York, US)

Free


 

Join us on the second Saturday of every month for Death Café Noire, a virtual gathering created by and exclusively for the Black community.

Death Café is part of a ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe- Pacific Grove, CA

Posted by flygirlsc on Feb. 5, 2026, 7:02 a.m.



With Laurie Wheeler and Laura Mullen

March 8, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. (PST)

Free



Death Cafe: Death Cafe- Pacific Grove, CA

Posted by flygirlsc on Feb. 5, 2026, 6:56 a.m.



With Laurie Wheeler and Laura Mullen

Feb. 8, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. (PST)

Free



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Kraków [Czajownia]

Posted by deathCafeKrakow on Feb. 5, 2026, 3:08 a.m.



With Adam Hałaczkiewicz, Katarzyna Janik, Jurek Skowron

Feb. 11, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (CET; UTC+01:00)

Free


KIEDY: Środa, 11 lutego 2025 r., godz. 18:00
GDZIE: Herbaciarnia Czajownia, ul. Józefa Dietla 50, 31-039 Kraków
WSTĘP WOLNY
Dla uczestników przewidziana specjalna oferta herbat/ciast ...


Death Cafe: Victoria Point Death Cafe by the Bay - in person

Posted by Jacqui on Feb. 5, 2026, 1:28 a.m.



With Jacqui Williams

Feb. 18, 2026, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Brisbane, Australia )

Free


Register via TryBooking and come to Barcellas cafe. Buy your own cuppa and something to eat. And come share in some stimulating conversations. 



Death Cafe: Let's Talk Death Cafe Shell Lake, WI

Posted by Maureen Skuban on Feb. 4, 2026, 10:12 p.m.



With Maureen Skuban

Feb. 19, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (CST)

Accepts donations