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 22825 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 22825 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: Myrtle Beach Death Cafe at Chapin Memorial Library

Posted by BLLLINK on Jan. 31, 2026, 10:38 a.m.



With Chapin Memorial Library

Feb. 24, 2026, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (eastern)

Free


Our meeting room is intentionally selected. We've had between 10 and 12 persons at the Death Cafes in Myrtle beach and that precisely the recommendation of the Death Cafe ...



Death Cafe: Myrtle Beach Death Cafe at Chapin Memorial Library

Posted by BLLLINK on Jan. 31, 2026, 10:32 a.m.



With Chapin Memorial Library

Feb. 14, 2026, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (eastern)

Free


Our meeting room is intentionally selected. We've had between 10 and 12 persons at the Death Cafes in Myrtle beach and that precisely the recommendation of the Death Cafe ...



Death Cafe: February's Death Cafe Larnaca

Posted by Ruta Dz & Grigoris Gregoriou on Jan. 31, 2026, 5:08 a.m.



With Ruta Dzikaraite,Panayiota Karayanni

Feb. 7, 2026, 5.30 p.m. - 7.45 p.m. (GMT 2 )

Accepts donations


Dear fellow human!

Let us meet again "simply as people who are going to die"- quoting John Underwood,the original founder of Death Cafe.

Be it a loss of a ...



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

Posted by Chelsea Wittlich on Jan. 30, 2026, 3:48 p.m.



With chelsea wittlich

Feb. 22, 2026, 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (EST)

Free


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: Montclair NJ Death Cafe

Posted by NJ Death Cafe on Jan. 30, 2026, 12:45 p.m.



With Jodi Brooks, Amanda Faison, and Loren Talbot

Feb. 16, 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 ...



Death Cafe: Cape Elizabeth ME Death Cafe

Posted by Davinica Nemtzow on Jan. 30, 2026, 9:08 a.m.



With Davinica Nemtzow & Thomas Memorial Library

Feb. 5, 2026, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Free


Join us the first Thursday of every month at Thomas Memorial Library. Come drink tea, nosh on homemade treats, and engage in a meaningful and curious conversation about death & dying!



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Toronto

Posted by lindafhochstetler@gmail.com on Jan. 29, 2026, 8:20 p.m.



With Linda Hochstetler

Feb. 24, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (ET)

Accepts donations


This is an opportunity to discuss any aspect of death and dying that is of interest to you. We will be sitting in small groups at the tables and will ...



Death Cafe: Rochester, NY Death Cafe with Jennifer Sanfilippo

Posted by JenniferSanfilippo on Jan. 29, 2026, 6:28 p.m.



With Jennifer Sanfilippo

Feb. 11, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (EST)

Free


Losing my husband had a profound effect on how I view the world and my place in it. Since I released my book about Jim’s final months, I’ve ...



Death Cafe: South Pasadena, CA Death Cafe

Posted by anmendoza on Jan. 29, 2026, 5:04 p.m.



With Emily Yacina

Feb. 13, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PST)

Free


The South Pasadena Public Library is hosting its very first Death Café on Friday, February 13, 2026, at 7:00 PM in the Library Community Room. The event will be ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe of the Yadkin Valley

Posted by Jennifer Blackburn Bracey on Jan. 29, 2026, 5 p.m.


With Jennifer Blackburn Bracey

Feb. 16, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations


Pull up a seat—death is on the table.
Death Café of the Yadkin Valley invites you into open, honest, and surprisingly uplifting conversations about death. This is a judgment-free ...



Death Cafe: Global Death Cafe Online EST

Posted by Adrian Molina on Jan. 29, 2026, 1:11 p.m.



With Adrian Molina from Warrior Flow

Feb. 10, 2026, 8.00 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. (ET)

Accepts donations


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 ...



Death Cafe: Downeast Death Cafe Ellsworth, Maine

Posted by pamelagagnondasilva on Jan. 29, 2026, 9:46 a.m.



With Pamela Gagnon da Silva with Resilient Women

Feb. 15, 2026, 12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Tea Gardens Library NSW Death Cafe

Posted by NickyH on Jan. 29, 2026, 5:43 a.m.


With Nicky H

Feb. 2, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Syd Australia)

Free



Death Cafe: 'Death Cafe' OLDENBURG

Posted by Death Café Oldenburg on Jan. 29, 2026, 4:42 a.m.



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

Feb. 8, 2026, 2.30 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: Colorado Springs Death Cafe'

Posted by gnovack@gmail.com on Jan. 28, 2026, 9:08 p.m.



With Jerry “Dr. Sunshine” Novack, PhD

Feb. 1, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations