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
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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 23654 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 23654 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 Traci
May 9, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Eastern Time (EST) New York, US)
Accepts donations
Join us this Saturday for Death Café Noire, a virtual gathering created by and exclusively for the Black community.
Death Café is part of a global movement that encourages open ...
Death Cafe: Bonnington Centre Death Cafe London SW8
Posted by Bonnington Centre Death Cafe on May 7, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
With Susan Bewley
May 11, 2026, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. (UK)
Accepts donations
Our Death Cafe is a place to meet face-to-face and freely share any topic around death & dying. It is informal, lightly facilitated and in a lovely community centre café. No ...
With Jodi Brooks, Amanda Faison, and Loren Talbot
May 18, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (EST)
Accepts donations
We invite you to join us for a Death Cafe. This facilitated gathering allows for our community to come together to talk openly and honestly about life and death over ...
With Elizabeth Breedlove & Esther Verona
May 10, 2026, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Madrid)
Free
We found a great demand for an open safe space where people can join and share freely.
Death Cafe: Alameda Island Death Cafe
Posted by shannon.e.coughlin@gmail.com on May 6, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
With Shannon Coughlin, Valerie Moore
May 17, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Pacific)
Accepts donations
This will be a relaxed, welcoming gathering where people come together to talk openly about death and dying. There's no agenda, no presentations, and no pressure. Just a safe ...
Death Cafe: Philadelphia Death Cafe at Social Beings Studio
Posted by Chelsea Wittlich on May 5, 2026, 10:54 a.m.
With Chelsea Wittlich
May 15, 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 ...
With Adrian Molina
May 12, 2026, 8.15 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (ET)
Free
I have found conversations about death to be deeply enriching to the soul. I enjoy meeting new people and building community, especially in spaces where honesty and curiosity are welcomed ...
With Tricia Williams
May 16, 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.
All welcome.
The Death Cafe refreshments are free, supplied by the local Baha'i group.
With Clara Videla
May 18, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (CET)
Free
Att samtala om döendet och döden kan kännas svårt, men att dela tankar med andra – ofta helt okända människor – kan göra det l ...
With Lynn McFadden
May 16, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (EST)
Free
A death cafe is a supportive environment intended to invite introspection on life and death. It is a gathering together to have conversations that helps us make the most of ...
Death Cafe: Cockeysville Death Cafe An Evening talking about Death:
Posted by Andy Cullinan on May 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
With Andy Cullinan
May 14, 2026, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Eastern)
Accepts donations
With Shieva Davarian
May 9, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (PST)
Free
We hope to provide a meaningful and safe space for people to discuss death and mortality.
With Charlotte Haigh
May 9, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (gmt)
Accepts donations
Mortality awareness can help us to feel less anxious about death and more confident to support the dying. Living with the end in view may even help us to lead ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe of Addison County, VT
Posted by Palliative Support Services on April 29, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
With Palliative Support Services
May 15, 2026, 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (EST)
Free
With Southend Libraries
May 14, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (UK GMT)
Free
Southend Libraries are hosting Death Cafes at Westcliff Library on every 2nd Thursday of the month. We see this as an important community service and is part of being a ...