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 23363 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 23363 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: Lviv Death Cafe / Cafe Death at Jam Factory

Posted by a_karavai on April 5, 2026, 4:53 a.m.


With Alona Karavai

April 5, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (UTC+2)

Accepts donations


Free entrance, tea provided, no donations. If wished, participants can bring pastries for themselves and others. buit this is not required



Death Cafe: Dulwich Hill Death Cafe

Posted by liznewell on April 5, 2026, 4:17 a.m.



With Liz Newell

April 18, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (AEST)

Free



Death Cafe: Dulwich Hill Death Cafe

Posted by liznewell on April 5, 2026, 4:13 a.m.



With Liz Newell

April 11, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (AEST)

Free



Death Cafe: Los Angeles Death Cafe

Posted by palmsrancholapl on April 3, 2026, 2:01 p.m.


With Rachel Bindman

April 18, 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. 

 


Death Cafe: Oakland CA Death Cafe

Posted by yogababe108 on April 3, 2026, 1:51 p.m.



With Leslie Howard

April 12, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (pacific)

Accepts donations


Death is the most natural thing in the world.  Everyone must go through it and we need to talk about it to become more comfortable with it.   This is being ...



Death Cafe: Liverpool Death, Dying and Donuts Death Cafe

Posted by Goodfuneralcompany on April 3, 2026, 11:04 a.m.



With Good Funeral Company

April 30, 2026, 9.45 a.m. - 10.45 a.m. (BST)

Accepts donations


Death, Dying and that awful dread of what happens and what we do when we lose a loved one is something we seldom feel comfortable to talk about. We have ...



Death Cafe: Montclair NJ Death Cafe

Posted by NJ Death Cafe on April 3, 2026, 8:10 a.m.



With Jodi Brooks, Amanda Faison, and Loren Talbot

April 20, 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: Eastbourne Death Cafe

Posted by Alicia and Lou on April 3, 2026, 6:56 a.m.



With Alicia and Lou

April 24, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (GMT)

Free


We are Lou and Alicia, and we are hosting Death Cafes in Eastbourne because we believe talking about death can be one of the most life-giving things we do. 

We ...



Death Cafe: Albuquerque Death Cafe

Posted by Jenn Joyce on April 2, 2026, 1:43 p.m.



With Jenn Joyce, Christi Rein

April 18, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (mountain standard)

Accepts donations


Please join us in a converstaion about death and dying

  • This event is free
  • Donations are accepted
  • Relaxing, safe, confidential, and open minded space
  • You are welcome to enjoy lots ...


Death Cafe: Estacada Death Cafe

Posted by EstacadaPL on April 2, 2026, 1:35 p.m.



With Zach Wagman

April 29, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (PDT)

Free



Death Cafe: Providencia Chile Death Cafe SCL

Posted by FerSoul on April 2, 2026, 8:04 a.m.



With Fernanda Ramírez

April 22, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Zona horaria de Santiago (GMT-3))

Accepts donations


Organizo un Café de la Muerte porque creo profundamente que hablar de la muerte es, en realidad, una forma de aprender a vivir. Organizo este encuentro para recordar juntos que ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Stubbington

Posted by FiJC on April 2, 2026, 8:01 a.m.



With Fiona Cooke and Cat Hopkins

April 22, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (GMT)

Accepts donations


Come along for a relaxed, open chat about death and dying. 



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Málaga.

Posted by María Silvina González Astobiza on April 1, 2026, 1:53 p.m.



With María Silvina González Astobiza

April 21, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Spain)

Accepts donations


Organizo encuentros Death Cafe porque estoy convencida en la necesidad de abrir espacios donde podamos hablar de la muerte sin miedo, sin tabúes y sin juicios.

Conversar sobre la ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Málaga.

Posted by María Silvina González Astobiza on April 1, 2026, 1:51 p.m.



With María Silvina González Astobiza

April 14, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Spain)

Accepts donations


Organizo encuentros Death Cafe porque estoy convencida en la necesidad de abrir espacios donde podamos hablar de la muerte sin miedo, sin tabúes y sin juicios.

Conversar sobre la ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Málaga.

Posted by María Silvina González Astobiza on April 1, 2026, 1:27 p.m.



With María Silvina González Astobiza

April 10, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Spain)

Accepts donations


Organizo encuentros Death Cafe porque estoy convencida en la necesidad de abrir espacios donde podamos hablar de la muerte sin miedo, sin tabúes y sin juicios.

Conversar sobre la ...