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 24354 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 24354 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 Mission Valley YMCA

Posted by ecolovetransitions on Aug. 12, 2026, 12:12 p.m.



With Nicole Soares

Aug. 21, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


If your life is a movie, how does it end? The truth is, most of us don’t feel like we have a lot of say in how our own ...



Death Cafe: Palliative Care Death Cafe

Posted by kate.meadows.rd on Aug. 12, 2026, 9:24 a.m.



With Kate Meadows, MS, RD, ACSM-EP

Aug. 30, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (MST)

Free


Palliative care is a specialized form of care that provides symptom relief, comfort, and support to people living with serious or chronic illness. It also supports caregivers and others impacted ...



Death Cafe: SATX Death Cafe

Posted by alyleija on Aug. 12, 2026, 8:59 a.m.



With Aly Leija

Aug. 21, 2026, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (cst)

Free


We are proud to be hosting this death cafe at Hash Vegan Eatery on San Antonio's South Side! The mission at Hash - Heal And Spread Healing, is to provide ...



Death Cafe: Rotherham Town Death Cafe

Posted by Tig on Aug. 12, 2026, 5:53 a.m.



With Tricia Williams

Aug. 15, 2026, 12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (BST)

Free


This is an opportunity to talk about death and dying in a relaxed atmosphere.

Everyone is welcome.

The Death Cafe refreshments are free,  supplied by the local Baha'i group ...



Death Cafe: Eastbourne Death Cafe - August edition

Posted by Alicia and Lou on Aug. 11, 2026, 2:28 p.m.



With Alicia & Lou

Aug. 28, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (BST)

Accepts donations


We are Lou and Alicia, and we are hosting death cafes in Eastbourne because we believe talking about death can be one of the most life-giving things we ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe @ the Weho Library

Posted by TheDameCat on Aug. 11, 2026, 11:39 a.m.



With Weho Library

Aug. 22, 2026, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (pacific)

Free



Death Cafe: Prince Rupert Death Cafe

Posted by Azusa Mokuta on Aug. 11, 2026, 1:38 a.m.



With Azusa

Aug. 26, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PST)

Free



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - East Snohomish County

Posted by avaylee on Aug. 10, 2026, 4:58 p.m.



With Laurel LaFayette

Aug. 18, 2026, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PDT)

Free


No agenda, no loaded questions, no being forced to talk. If you want a space to have it simply be okay to acknowledge death as a function of being a ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Oaxaca

Posted by Lisa Lovelight on Aug. 10, 2026, 3:47 p.m.


With Lisa Lovelight

Aug. 13, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (US - MT ( mexico city time zone) )

Accepts donations


Instead of cake we can snack on delicious Thai food, supporting one of Oaxaca's tasty restaurants. 



Death Cafe: Chișinău Death Cafe

Posted by Aliona Saenco on Aug. 10, 2026, 11:11 a.m.



With Aliona Saenco

Aug. 23, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (GMT+2)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: South San Jose Death Cafe

Posted by Helen Lavelle on Aug. 9, 2026, 8:41 p.m.



With Helen Lavelle Parkhurst

Sept. 2, 2026, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


A safe space for those aged 18+ to discuss experiencces, hopes, fears and questions around all things death, dying & end of life. We come together to explore, to listen, & to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe at Albina

Posted by cheryldenise on Aug. 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.


With Cheryl Denise Baker

Aug. 15, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (PST)

Free


Come curious. Come as you are. Come ready to talk about the one thing we all have in common.  Yes, we are going to talk about death and yes there ...



Death Cafe: International Online Death Cafe for Russian Speakers

Posted by KempTatiana on Aug. 9, 2026, 2:20 p.m.



With Tatiana Kemp

Aug. 14, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. ( Saint Petersburg)

Accepts donations


"Боль как и любовь нуждается в высказывании"  - Меган Девайн 

 

На собственном опыте я столкнулась с тем, что мне было трудно найти людей в моем окружении, с которыми я могла бы ...



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe EST Let's Talk About Death, Baby!

Posted by Chelsea Wittlich on Aug. 8, 2026, 8:22 p.m.



With Chelsea Wittlich

Aug. 30, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations


This is a warm, reflective space to explore mortality, dying, and what it means to truly live. through curiosity and conversation, we normalize the one thing we all share— and ...



Death Cafe: Springfield Death Cafe

Posted by crobertson on Aug. 7, 2026, 1:23 p.m.


With Cecily Robertson & Alex Alatorre

Aug. 22, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations