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 21109 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 21109 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: Death Cafe online Portugal Compassivo

Posted by COMPASSIO Association on June 13, 2025, 4 a.m.



With Portugal Compassivo

June 18, 2025, 9.00 p.m. - 10.30 p.m. (Lisbon)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe in Porto 31

Posted by COMPASSIO Association on June 13, 2025, 3:35 a.m.



With Compassio

June 18, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Lisbon)

Free



Death Cafe: St. Louis Virtual Death Cafe

Posted by Stephanie Deirdre on June 13, 2025, 2:50 a.m.


With Stephanie Deirdre

June 19, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Central)

Free


We are the St. Louis area Death Cafe for virtual meetings for those that cannot attend the in-person meetings thrown by our friends at St. Louis Death Cafe.

 

Meetings will ...



Death Cafe: Online Death CafeTijuana/SanDiego PST

Posted by DeathCafeTijuanaSanDiego on June 11, 2025, 2:59 p.m.



With Eva Navarrete

June 17, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (PT)

Accepts donations


Después de registrarse, recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación con información sobre cómo unirse a la reunión. .

Tenga en cuenta: Se requiere asistencia puntual ...



Death Cafe: Desert Reflections Death Cafe Palm Springs CA

Posted by DesertDoulaLauren on June 11, 2025, 2:04 p.m.



With Anubis, Inc. & Desert Doula Lauren

June 18, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Together, Anubis, Inc. and Desert Doula Lauren aim to provide a safe space for conversation around the taboo topic of death. While we understand that western culture has a strong ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Summit County, CO

Posted by sheehank on June 11, 2025, 1:30 p.m.



With Kelly

June 19, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (MST)

Free


Come join in fascinating conversations about death, dying... and living!
Each session is so unique and very intriguing to see what transpires in any given session.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Foster Victoria

Posted by Cheryl.Opie on June 10, 2025, 9:44 p.m.



With Cheryl Opie

June 20, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (AEST)

Accepts donations


Running this Death Cafe is for anyone in the community who would like to talk about death and dying, which includes me. I have been teaching skills about how to ...



Death Cafe: Rotherham Town Death Cafe

Posted by Tig on June 10, 2025, 1:39 p.m.



With Tricia

June 15, 2025, 12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (BST)

Free


An opportunity to talk about death and dying in a relaxed astmosphere.

All welcome.

Drinks and snacks provided.



Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Acomb

Posted by lewis.lansford on June 10, 2025, 3:10 a.m.


Nine of us gathered and had a long-form, wide-ranging conversation about death – our experience with it or lack thereof, our grief over it, our expectation of our own deaths and those we love, our preparations or lack thereof. It's so gratifiying to meet people IRL and for everyone to share openly and honestly, to listen attentively. I'm full of gratitude and eagerly anticipate the next one. 



Death Cafe: June Death Cafe Foster Victoria

Posted by LastResponder on June 9, 2025, 7:15 p.m.


With Katherine Pence

June 22, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (mountain time zone)

Accepts donations


I am running this Death Cafe to help destigmatize the topic of death. I believe death in our society is very "hush hush" and that does none of us any ...



Death Cafe write up: Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

Posted by nomenoyou1 on June 9, 2025, 9:42 a.m.

I enjoyed a robust conversation. Generally, it was a quiet and soft-spoken group. No one had been to a Death Cafe before. Several people had left conservative religious traditions and were navigating a spiritual life that filled their current needs. A few people had recent losses and others had no personal experience with death. We had long discussions on the dying process and what came after death. Fear was a common theme. People asked for insights on how to connect with family. There was some loneliness. We had long conversations on preparing for death. Some attendees wanted to connect with others, others wanted to be more comfortable with ...



Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Kirby Muxloe

Posted by Catrina Young on June 8, 2025, 7:16 a.m.

Absolutely thrilled that Kirby Muxloe’s first Death Cafe was well attended; there were approximately ten of us of various ages and genders.  Everyone contributed to discussions which ranged from whether it was important to have a funeral to whether we’d like to record a farewell to be played after we die. Several people shared the importance they felt for holding conversations with loved ones about their funeral wishes or leaving written instructions. Judging by their comments it’s fair to say others enjoyed it too with several committing to attending future cafes.

 

The next Death Cafe will be held at The Royal Oak, Kirby Muxloe 24th ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Noire Durham NC

Posted by DeathLadyNoire on June 7, 2025, 7:27 a.m.



With Traci Hathaway

June 14, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Eastern Time (EST) New York, US)

Free


Come join us the second Saturday of every month for Durham’s first local Death Café for the Black community!

Death Café is part of a global movement to increase ...



Death Cafe: Fairfax CA Death Cafe Conversation for Mortals

Posted by Doula on June 6, 2025, 10:58 p.m.



With Willow T. & Ann H.

June 18, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (pacific standard)

Free


Join us for a conversation about life and death and everything in between. This is a safe and supportive space, and everyone is welcome.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Noire Durham, NC

Posted by DeathLadyNoire on June 5, 2025, 4:05 p.m.


With Traci H

June 14, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Eastern Time (EST) New York, US)

Free


Come join us the second Saturday of every month for Durham’s first local Death Café for the Black community! Death Café is part of a global movement to increase ...