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
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.
Talking about death
A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 23774 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 23774 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.
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
With JOSENE FERREIRA BATISTA
May 26, 2026, 7.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (Brasilia)
Accepts donations
Organizo este encontro inspirado no movimento Death Cafe para acreditar que falar sobre a morte, de forma aberta e respeitosa, é também uma maneira de cuidar da vida. Em muitas ...
With JOSENE FERREIRA BATISTA
May 26, 2026, 7.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (Brasilia)
Accepts donations
Organizo este encontro inspirado no movimento Death Cafe para acreditar que falar sobre a morte, de forma aberta e respeitosa, é também uma maneira de cuidar da vida. Em muitas ...
With Hannah Pollack
May 24, 2026, 9.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. (CDT)
Accepts donations
Death Cafe write up: Saturday Death Cafe Portland, OR
Posted by nomenoyou1 on May 16, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
Today was our first Death Cafe on the westside of Portland at the Friendly House. The turnout was excellent with two large tables facilitated by Rosalie and Scott. My table was vibrant and engaged. One guest had recently lost her husband of 43 years. She was experiencing profound grief and loneliness. She had a small family and friends group leaving her with limited support. The group rallied around her, which gave us the opportunity to talk about grief and loss. We discussed many avenues of support and the importance of accepting help. We discussed terminal care and end-of-life care options. There was a long discussion of the importance ...
With Genevieve and Jim
May 24, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (PDT)
Accepts donations
We have experienced the positive change of feelings about living, loss, dying and death the past eight years, due in part to participation in Death Cafe. We are grateful to ...
Death Cafe write up: Horsham West Sussex Death Cafe
Posted by LouHobbs on May 15, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
This was our first Death Café event and we have been so pleased with the positive feedback we’ve received.
13 people came along and left saying they felt more connected and that they’d really appreciated the opportunity to talk about death and dying when so many people around them in their lives weren’t able to have those conversations with them.
So what did we talk about? So much – and the following gives you a flavour:
- How difficult it was to talk about planning for your own death with your children when they thought you were being morbid
- Whether you should really ‘sort out all your ...
With SOLADA and Jo Co Older Adult Health and Wellness Coalition
May 26, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (pst)
Free
Oregon Older Adult Behavioral Health Initiative collaboration
Death Cafe: Cafe con la Muerte en Casa Viva/ Death Cafe in Casa Viva
Posted by marsierra on May 14, 2026, 5:04 p.m.
With Mariangelly Sierra
May 23, 2026, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (AST)
Accepts donations
Death Cafe write up: Herne Hill Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on May 14, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Death Café – Carnegie Library
5th May 2026
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Five people attended this DC facilitated by 2 people. Themes that emerged from the discussion included:
· Moments of remembering people who have died – the Uncle who always made the gravy
· Questioning oneself about whether one did enough to help someone before they died
· Harsh combination of grief for parent who has died and anticipatory grief for other parent living with dementia
· But also triggered attendee to make big decision to move out of London to the sea and live her best life
· Importance of funerals in helping us come to terms with those who had died
· Importance of legacy ...
Death Cafe write up: West Norwood Death Cafe
Posted by annkenrick on May 14, 2026, 12:07 p.m.
Death Café – West Norwood
6th May 2026
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Around 15 people attended this DC facilitated by 3 people. Themes that emerged from the discussion included:
· The importance of place - somewhere to go and remember the person who's died. It might be a in cemetery or it can be where ashes were scattered.
· Seeing death as a continuation, not an end, following a faith tradition. There is grief but a sense of happiness knowing the person is somewhere else.
· Death anxiety as a child - needing to come to terms with mortality as a fact of life. Described fear as ‘the severest form of loneliness’. But at the ...
With Sarah Elizabeth Greenberg
May 30, 2026, 6.30 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (PT)
Accepts donations
There are so few spaces where we are invited to speak honestly about death, without urgency, without fixing, without turning away.We’ll begin in conversation, in the spirit of ...
With Lynda Barksby & Kay Ulivi
June 3, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (BST)
Accepts donations
With Ana María Cortés y Ana Isabel Arango
May 23, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Bogotá)
Accepts donations
Te invitamos a ser parte de un Death Café, un espacio seguro y abierto donde podemos hablar sin tabúes sobre algo que todos compartimos: la muerte.
Aquí, no solo ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Hudson Valley
Posted by Hudson Valley Death Collective on May 12, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
With Hudson Valley Death Collective
May 31, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Free
With Heidi and Tina
June 2, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (cst)
Accepts donations
Sponsored by the end of life doula collaborative