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 20023 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 20023 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.

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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: Topeka Kansas Death Cafe

Posted by emilyhowell on Feb. 5, 2025, 10:50 a.m.



With Emily Howell

Feb. 21, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations


This commitment to helping others has inspired me to host a Death Cafe. I want to create a space where people can feel comfortable discussing death without pressure or discomfort ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe in Bochum

Posted by LifeandDeath59 on Feb. 5, 2025, 9:42 a.m.



With Andrea Homersen

Feb. 22, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (MEZ)

Free


Talking about Death gives Death a chance to establish a new place in life. Death is as normal as Life. They have equal rights so to say. After having seen ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Woodstock, Il

Posted by Janet Balboa on Feb. 4, 2025, 9:41 p.m.



With janet balboa

Feb. 12, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Cst/ central)

Accepts donations


Join us for a warm, open conversation about life and death in a supportive space. We’ll begin with a brief introduction to Death Cafe, followed by free-flowing discussion. Bring ...



Death Cafe: Open Door Death Cafe Suffern NY

Posted by Jill Greenbaum on Feb. 4, 2025, 7:07 p.m.



With Jill Greenbaum

Feb. 20, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EST)

Free


Welcome to The Open Door Death Café, a space where people can engage in open, meaningful conversations about life, death, and living fully every day.



Death Cafe: Howard County Death Cafe

Posted by PaulDKang on Feb. 4, 2025, 8:36 a.m.



With Paul Kang

Feb. 28, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (EST)

Free


Death Cafe is for the living, where you focus on death in order to perceive life.

Death is the strangest, most natural phenomenon that none can avoid - yet we literally ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe: hablemos de la muerte

Posted by PsicologiaHospiceSC on Feb. 4, 2025, 7:23 a.m.



With Hospice San Camilo

Feb. 13, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (GTM -5)

Free


Este es el primer Death Cafe de este año que se organizará invitando a la comunidad. 



Death Cafe: Death Cafe - UoC: Lancaster

Posted by Ingvar Árni Ingvarsson on Feb. 4, 2025, 7:22 a.m.


With Ingvar

Feb. 27, 2025, 12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (GMT)

Free


This Death Cafe is aimed at undergraduate students who are undertaking health related courses at University of Cumbria. It is to encourage them to speak to others about death, dying ...



Death Cafe: Mornington Peninsula Death Cafe

Posted by Jen on Feb. 3, 2025, 5:58 p.m.



With Jen Ulyatt

Feb. 26, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (AUS)

Free


An open space is provided and held by Jen which is inclusive & non-judgemental. We talk about anything connected to end of life and death. Come along and be part of ...



Death Cafe: San Francisco Bay Area Death Cafe

Posted by El Aranas on Feb. 3, 2025, 5:17 p.m.



With El Aranas

Feb. 28, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Our discussion is always about and led by our attendees. We are not here to promote each others products or services. Upmost respect of the space is required. Thank you.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Verona

Posted by Serena Quaggia on Feb. 3, 2025, 6 a.m.


With Me

Feb. 15, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Rome)

Free


My goal is to create a safe place for people to feel free to talk about death and dying, open minded, without judgement, so they could share their feelings and ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Linz, Austria - Mit dem Tod bei Kaffee und Kuchen

Posted by Aileen on Feb. 3, 2025, 4:59 a.m.



With Aileen Derieg

Feb. 9, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Central European Time)

Free


Death Cafe – Mit dem Tod bei Kaffee und Kuchen

Kaffee trinken, Kuchen essen, über den Tod reden … Essen und Trinken verbindet uns als Lebende; durch das Reden über den Tod ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe ONLINE Tallinn

Posted by LenaLaine on Feb. 3, 2025, 4:31 a.m.



With Lena Laine

Feb. 18, 2025, 8.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (+3)

Accepts donations


Meeting language - Russian

 Пожалуйста, сообщите, если вы собираетесь присоединиться к нам! Буду рада!

 

 



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Kraków

Posted by deathCafeKrakow on Feb. 3, 2025, 4:02 a.m.



With Adam Hałaczkiewicz, Katarzyna Janik, Jurek Skowron

Feb. 12, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (CET; UTC+01:00)

Free


Spotkanie DEATH CAFE – rozmowa o śmierci przy kawie i ciastku
KIEDY: ŚRODA, 12 lutego 2025 r., godz. 18:00
GDZIE: Kawiarnia Literacka (sala z grami planszowymi)
WSTĘP WOLNY
 
Zapraszamy na ...


Death Cafe: Mornington Peninsula Death Cafe

Posted by Jen on Feb. 2, 2025, 8:31 p.m.



With Jen Ulyatt

Feb. 9, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (AUS)

Free


An open space is provided and held by Jen which is inclusive & non-judgemental. We talk about anything connected to end of life and death. Come along and be part of ...



Death Cafe: Rotherham Town Death Cafe

Posted by Tig on Feb. 2, 2025, 9:10 a.m.



With Tricia/Tig

Feb. 15, 2025, 12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (GMT)

Free


I first started hosting a local Death Cafe in 2024 after seeing the need for this during Covid lockdowns.

We now have a new venue at the central library and ...