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 23058 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 23058 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.

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Death Cafe: Rustington Death Cafe

Posted by annie@annie-hall.co.uk on Feb. 26, 2026, 7:45 a.m.


With Annie Hall and Corinne Hutt-Greenyer

Feb. 26, 2026, 10.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (UK)

Free


It's always on teh last Thursday of the month, upstairs at Establo Lounge. Please order your drink before comming up. All are welcome.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Bogotá

Posted by Ivonne Tashko on Feb. 25, 2026, 4:17 p.m.



With Ivonne Tashko

March 14, 2026, 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: Tampa Death Cafe - Guinn Center

Posted by Joseph Winters on Feb. 25, 2026, 11:50 a.m.



With Joseph Winters

March 11, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations


What brings me to hosting a Death Café is a deep belief that avoiding conversations about death often causes more fear, confusion, and pain than the topic itself. I’ve ...



Death Cafe: Houston Spring Branch Death Cafe - March 2026

Posted by Houston Death Cafe on Feb. 25, 2026, 11:29 a.m.



With Susan & Collin Loewen

March 14, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (CST)

Accepts donations


Talking about death won’t kill you, so come along to a Death Café!

 

All are welcome at our monthly discussion circle on death (and life).

 

We are meeting this ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Medellín

Posted by Ana Cortés Psicología on Feb. 25, 2026, 6:52 a.m.


With Ana María Cortés y Ana Isabel Arango

Feb. 28, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Colombia )

Free



Death Cafe: East Dallas Death Cafe

Posted by LisaClemmer on Feb. 24, 2026, 2:45 p.m.



With Lisa Clemmer

March 6, 2026, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (CST)

Free


A human like everyone else that feels like we should be talking more about death. Every single one of us will go through it at some point. 



Death Cafe: Marin County, CA Death Cafe

Posted by ChristineComaford on Feb. 24, 2026, 12:20 p.m.



With Christine Comaford

March 12, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations


Local Marin County, CA End-of-Life Doula Christine Comaford is offering a Death Cafe each month.

It is a gently monderated, non-denominational gathering for support in all topics around death and ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Merano

Posted by giorde on Feb. 24, 2026, 9:56 a.m.



With Mairania - Centro per la Cultura

March 5, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Rome)

Free


Sono sempre più gli studi che sottolineano come le culture in cui la morte è diventata un tabù siano meno felici e meno libere. Certamente un'affermazione forte che comunque chiama ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Midland

Posted by Death Cafe Midland on Feb. 24, 2026, 2:34 a.m.



With Andrea

March 7, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (Perth, Western Australia)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Woodstock, IL. Death Cafe

Posted by tonakast on Feb. 23, 2026, 6:16 p.m.


With Tona Kast

March 7, 2026, 11.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Central)

Free


 

I have a deep passion for discussing death, viewing it as a significant spiritual journey that deserves open conversation rather than fear. I believe that by sharing these discussions, we ...



Death Cafe: Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - March 2026

Posted by Houston Death Cafe on Feb. 23, 2026, 3:12 p.m.



With Stephanie Wolff

March 7, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (CST)

Accepts donations


Talking about death won’t kill you, so come along to a Death Café!

 

All are welcome at our monthly discussion circle on death (and life).

 

We are meeting this ...



Death Cafe: Isle of Man Death Cafe

Posted by Isle of Man Death Cafés on Feb. 23, 2026, 2:32 p.m.



With Julie Hotchkiss

March 2, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (GMT)

Free


We are trying to promote a healthier response to the natural process which is death.  Many people don't discuss their own future death with anyone.  Many people have ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Deep South - South Africa

Posted by DeathCafeDeepSouth on Feb. 23, 2026, 8:45 a.m.



With Dialina and Mary

March 2, 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: Lancaster Death Cafe

Posted by Shannon Maguire on Feb. 22, 2026, 10:51 p.m.



With Shannon Maguire

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

Free


There isn't a specific agenda, and we'll talk about what parts of death interest us. The host will come prepared with some questions about death in case the ...



Death Cafe: Sioux Falls Death Cafe | Café Mortel

Posted by sandrine on Feb. 22, 2026, 6:04 p.m.



With Sandrine Pilaz

Feb. 28, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (CDT)

Accepts donations


I am hosting this Death Café because I believe that when we dare to speak about death, we soften our fear of it — and often discover how much more fully ...