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 24124 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 24124 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: Un café con la muerte - Death Cafe

Posted by Claudia Beatrice on July 9, 2026, 7:48 p.m.


With Rita Aparicio, Limari Colon, Key y Claudia

July 11, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe

Posted by Claudia Beatrice on July 9, 2026, 7:42 p.m.


With Rita Aparicio

July 11, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Eastern )

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Online

Posted by CafeConSilviaTatiana on July 9, 2026, 2:34 p.m.



With Silvia García y Tatiana Pineda

July 16, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Ciudad de México)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe on the Hudson EST

Posted by Sallyann on July 9, 2026, 11:09 a.m.



With Sallyann

July 15, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (EDT)

Free


 Please join me for an open and honest discussion about death, dying and loss. Individuals with a desire to talk about any aspect of these topics are most welcome.  This ...



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe

Posted by Ldav1996 on July 8, 2026, 5:23 p.m.


With Lauren

July 15, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Central Standard)

Accepts donations


I am hosting this Death Café because I believe conversations about death can help us live more fully. Death is a universal experience, yet it is often one of the ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Wheat Ridge

Posted by Astorey126 on July 7, 2026, 7:49 p.m.



With Lily Zehner & Amy Holtgreive Storey

July 14, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (MDT)

Free


We want to build a community that is more in touch with its mortality. One conversation at a time. And we're doing so with a balance of compassion and ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe in Porto 36

Posted by COMPASSIO Association on July 6, 2026, 5:30 a.m.



With Compassio

July 20, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Lisbon)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Curious Mortals Online Death Cafe BST (Glasgow Based)

Posted by JRFW on July 6, 2026, 3:06 a.m.



With Jenny Watt

July 14, 2026, 7.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (GMT)

Free


We try and create an informal and relaxed space, even if we are all on screen. To do this we ask participants for a few things - please have access to ...



Death Cafe: Global Death Cafe online EDT

Posted by Tig on July 5, 2026, 7:34 a.m.



With Tricia Williams

July 13, 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: Death Cafe Whangarei

Posted by Jo Moselen on July 3, 2026, 8:25 p.m.


With Jo Moselen & Jo Samuel

July 18, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (NZST)

Free


We thank The Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Maori Art Gallery in Whangarei for the opportunity to host death cafe's in the activity room of the centre. This is ...



Death Cafe: Newton County, AR Death Cafe

Posted by Madison Barras on July 3, 2026, 2 p.m.



With Madison Barras

July 11, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (CST)

Accepts donations


This will take place at the Library in Jasper and will likely be the county's very first Death Cafe. Join us and make history!



Death Cafe: Death Cafe/Antigua

Posted by Jamesheath on July 3, 2026, 12:46 p.m.


With James Heath

July 15, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Free


Our Death Cafe discussions are intimate, confidential, and respectful. Death, after all, is what makes life meaningful, for if we weren't going to die, we could put off every ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe at Milwaukee Public Library - Washington Park Branch

Posted by Martina Steiger on July 2, 2026, 7:49 p.m.



With Martina Steiger

July 15, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations


More than ever, there is a need to talk openly about death and dying.

For almost two decades now, Candid Conversations about death, dying and end-of-life have become important cornerstones ...



Death Cafe: Safe to Shore Death Cafe - Online

Posted by LydiaG on July 2, 2026, 4:06 p.m.



With Trisha, Jen & Lydia

July 17, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (GMT)

Free



Death Cafe: Death Cafe San Miguel

Posted by Woodland Hills Branch Library on July 2, 2026, 2:16 p.m.



With Kathryn

July 15, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (Pacific Time Zone)

Free


Refreshments provided by Friends of the Woodland Hills Branch Library.