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 19302 Death Cafes.

Listings

To date we've held 19302 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.

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.

Support us

Recent posts

Death Cafe: Death Cafe Ipswich Australia

Posted by GriefGuide on Oct. 29, 2024, 9:20 p.m.


With Ali Mills (Grief Guide)

Nov. 29, 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (AEST)

Accepts donations


The holiday season is often a difficult one for those who are grieving within the community.

Let’s come together to eat cake, drink tea and talk about death, dying ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Evanston

Posted by danbulf1 on Oct. 29, 2024, 11:06 a.m.


With Heaven Meets Earth Yoga

Nov. 3, 2024, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (central)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Online Abergavenny Death Cafe GMT

Posted by Jane Grayer on Oct. 29, 2024, 6:52 a.m.



With Jane Grayer

Dec. 4, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (BST)

Free


This is a drop in session - come when you can and leave when you like. You're welcome  In my line of work I am constantly supporting families who are ...



Death Cafe: Abergavenny Death Cafe

Posted by Jane Grayer on Oct. 29, 2024, 6:51 a.m.



With Jane Grayer

Nov. 6, 2024, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (BST)

Free


This is a drop in session - come when you can and leave when you like. You're welcome  In my line of work I am constantly supporting families who are ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Bogotá

Posted by Ivonne Tashko on Oct. 28, 2024, 7:03 p.m.



With Ivonne Tashko

Nov. 9, 2024, 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: Death Cafe Project

Posted by Jazmyn Roensch on Oct. 28, 2024, 1:45 p.m.


With Jazmyn Roensch and Charlee Rohrer

Nov. 21, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Central)

Free


We were provided a list of project ideas, and we were most intrigued in holding a Death Cafe on our campus. 



Death Cafe: 'Death Cafe' OLDENBURG

Posted by Death Café Oldenburg on Oct. 28, 2024, 9:30 a.m.



With Stiftung Hospizdienst Oldenburg in Kooperation mit Staatstheater Oldenburg/Sparte 7

Nov. 24, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Central European Time)

Accepts donations


Relax, I'm just here for the cake!

Memento Mori – bedenke, dass Du stirbst

Wir Menschen sind durch unsere Sterblichkeit miteinander verbunden. Das Leben hingegen können wir durch gemeinsames ...



Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PDT

Posted by JimKirkpatrick on Oct. 28, 2024, 8:39 a.m.



With Jim Kirkpatrick and Genevieve Harvey

Nov. 24, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (PDT)

Accepts donations


We have experienced the positive change of feelings about living, loss, dying and death the past three years, due in part to participation in Death Cafe. We are grateful to ...



Death Cafe: Eau, Death! Eau Claire Death Cafe

Posted by Eau Claire Death Cafe on Oct. 27, 2024, 9:58 p.m.



With Deirdre Jenkins

Dec. 3, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Eau, Death! Eau Claire Death Cafe

Posted by Eau Claire Death Cafe on Oct. 27, 2024, 9:55 p.m.



With Deirdre Jenkins

Nov. 5, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: ABD Virtual Death Cafe PST

Posted by Anything But Death on Oct. 27, 2024, 4:01 p.m.



With Anything But Death

Nov. 7, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Our Death Cafe provides a brave space for individuals to share their thoughts, fears, and experiences surrounding death in a supportive and non-judgmental environment. 

We meet virtually on Zoom each ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Maui

Posted by cwestbury87 on Oct. 26, 2024, 5:54 p.m.



With Doorway Into Light

Nov. 19, 2024, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)

Accepts donations


Tea, snacks and conversation. Good listening and heartfelt sharing. Somethings that are on our hearts need to be spoken out loud in community.



Death Cafe: Rocklin Virtual Death Cafe PST

Posted by Rita4Life on Oct. 26, 2024, 4:53 p.m.



With Rita4Life

Nov. 14, 2024, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 a.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Online Death Cafe UTC

Posted by StBlech on Oct. 26, 2024, 12:41 a.m.



With Stefanie Blech

Nov. 20, 2024, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (Dublin)

Accepts donations


November online Death Cafe

 

The Death Cafe is a group-directed, open discussion of loss, death and life while having a cup of tea and cake together.

 

The aim is to ...



Death Cafe: Birkenhead NZ Death Cafe

Posted by AlliBM on Oct. 26, 2024, 12:25 a.m.



With Allison Bartlett-Morley

Nov. 3, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (NZST)

Free