Forthcoming Death Cafes



Today: Portland Maine Death Cafe

With Leona Oceania

United States: Portland Public Library , 5 Monument Square , Portland, ME 04101 , 04101

May 21, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations

The Portland Death Cafe is BACK! We will resume our monthly meetings (after a long Covid initiated hiatus) on the third Wednesday of each month at the Portland Public Library from 5:00 pm - 6 ...



Today: Naperville Death Cafe- In Person

With Sandra Coyner

United States: 300 E 5th Avenue, Ste 105 , Naperville, IL , 60563

May 21, 2025, 4.45 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (CST)

Free

Looking forward to an organic conversation about death wherever that may lead:) Space is limited. Sign up to reserve your free spot. Please go to www.growwellyoga.com and then click on schedule/book class ...



Today: Comox Valley Death Cafe

With Comox Valley Hospice Society

Canada: Evergreen Lounge , Florence Filberg Centre , 411 Anderton Avenue , Courtenay, BC , V9N 6C6

May 21, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Today: Davenport, IA Death Cafe

With Davenport Public Library

United States: Davenport Public Library , Eastern Avenue Branch , 6000 Eastern Avenue , Davenport, IA 52807 , 52807

May 21, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (central)

Free

Join us the third Wednesday of the month, March 19th, April 16, May 21, from 5:30-7:30p at the Davenport Eastern Avenue Branch for a Death Cafe. At a Death Cafe, people, often strangers, gather to eat treats, drink coffee, and discuss death. Our objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives ...



Today: Orange County Death Cafe

With Endswell Funeral Home

United States: 407 Meadowlands Drive , Hillsborough, NC , 27278

May 21, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (EST)

Free

Join us at Endswell Funeral Home on May 21, 2025 from 6-8PM for a potluck and open discussion with the community about death and dying.



Today: Fairfax CA Death Cafe: Conversations for Mortals

With Willow Taraja, Jen George and Ann Hyland

United States: Fairfax: Bennett House Community Room , 53 Taylor Drive , Fairfax , CA , 94930

May 21, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 7.45 p.m. (pacific)

Accepts donations

This Death Cafe will relocate to the Bennett House Community Room beginning April 16th and our future meetings will be hosted at this location.

We appreciate the Bennett House Senior Apartments for offering their Community ...



Today: San Diego Death Cafe

With Penny Waugh

United States: Bravo Family Mortuary , 4427 Rainier Ave , San Diego CA 92120 , Mission Valley , CA , 92120

May 21, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (pst)

Accepts donations

We’re creating a warm, welcoming space where you can engage in meaningful conversations about a subject that, while often considered taboo, connects us all. Whether you’ve faced death personally or are simply curious ...



Today: Fairfax CA Conversations for Mortals Death Cafe

With Bennett House

United States: Bennett House , 53 Taylor Drive , Fairfax CA , 94930

May 21, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 7.45 p.m. (PST)

Free

We want to offer a safe space to explore conversations about living fully, our shared mortality and your thoughts about death. Everyone is welcome to attend, this Death Cafe is open to the public.



Today: Death Cafe Woodstock, Il

With janet balboa

United States: The Foodshed Co-op , 2390 Lakeshore Drive , Woodstock , IL , 60098

May 21, 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 your stories, reflections, or curiosity ...


Today: Death Cafe Antigua

With C Andrew Martin/Zully Francisco

Guatemala: 3571 Far West Blvd # 3850 , Apt 1702 , Austin , TX , TX , 78731

May 21, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Guatemala)

Accepts donations



Today: Kingston QLD Death Cafe (In Person) @ the Butter Factory Precinct Qld Australia

With Kate Leotta

Australia: 270 Jacaranda Ave , Kingston , Qld , 4114

May 21, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (AEST)

Free

I am a passionate advocate for open conversations about living, dying, and death.

 

Per Death Cafe guidelines, I love holding Death Cafe in safe spaces where people can connect and explore these important topics.

 

I ...



Today: CFD Death Cafe Kingston NY

With Circle of Friends for the Dying

United States: 100 Wurts Street , Kingston NY , 12401

May 21, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations

CFD Death Cafés are gatherings of people, often strangers, where we eat treats, drink tea or coffee, and confidentially have a conversation that breaks the taboo of talking about dying and death. A Death ...


Today: Prescott Death Cafe

With Local DC committtee

United States: 215 E Goodwin St , Prescott AZ , AZ , 86303

May 21, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Arizzona)

Free

We've had this in Prescott for years



Today: Death Cafe Profesionales

With Susana Rodriguez

Spain:

May 21, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (CEST)

Accepts donations

THIS EVENT IS IN SPANISH

 

En este encuentro os invitamos de crear el espacio para la atención plena durante la hora y media que estaremos.  Seguimos las recomendaciones de Jon Underwood y no habr ...



Today: Desert Reflections Death Cafe Palm Springs CA

With Anubis, Inc. & Desert Doula Lauren

United States: 340 W. San Rafael Drive , Palm Springs, Ca. , CA , 92262

May 21, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

Together, Anubis, Inc. and Desert Doula Lauren aim to provide a safe space for conversation around the taboo topic of death. While we understand that western culture has a strong aversion to talking about death ...



Today: Palm Springs Death Cafe Reflections

With Lauren S.

United States: 340 W SAN RAFAEL DR. , 92262

May 21, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (Pacific time)

Free

share 

stories, reflections, and conversations 

about death in a judgment-free, 

 

supportive environment.



Big D Roaming Death Cafe

With Tammy McNary

United States: Western Heights Cemetery , 1617 Ft. Worth Ave. , Dallas, TX 75208 , 75208

May 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Central CST CDT)

Accepts donations

Big D Roaming Death Cafe: Moving Conversations on Life, Death, and Beyond

 

Our gatherings travel across Dallas, offering open, agenda-free discussions on death, dying, and the in-between. Join us for the experience.

  

Many thanks to ...



Death Cafe - Virtual EST

With Nadine Lavoie

Canada

May 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EST)

Free

Join us for an online Death Cafe, where we gather to openly discuss death, dying, and related topics in a respectful and nonjudgmental space. 

This is an opportunity to share thoughts and explore these important ...


Curiouser and Curiouser St Anthony Village MN Death Cafe

With Nina Guertin

United States: Curiouser Foods , 2900 Pentagon Drive , St Anthony Village , Minnesota , 55418

May 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations

Are you curious about dying, death, end of life considerations? Are you already having conversations, or would you like a place to start? Either way, you are welcome to join with other seekers of knowledge, the vulnerable, the fearful, and the embracers!

Please come with an open mind and an open heart - we look forward to welcoming you!



Shoreline/Edmonds Death Cafe

With Sahara Pirie

United States: 18560 1st Ave NE, Bldg G , Shoreline, WA , 98155

May 22, 2025, 6.15 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations



Port Austin Death Cafe

With Bex Fonfara

United States: Outback Studio , 73 W. Spring St. , Port Austin, Michigan , 48467 , 48467

May 22, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (eastern standard)

Accepts donations

This will be the second Death Cafe hosted by Bex at the Outback Studio.

Refreshments will be provided.

Donations accepted, though not expected.



Online Death Cafe 907 (Anchorage) AKST

With Kris Green / Linda Johnson

United States: Https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89530363525?pwd=TG03RVo4WUJZWmQvTjd0NW1YRzJjdz09

May 22, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (AKST)

Free

We are totally convinced that talking about death will not kill you!!!  As a matter of fact, there is evidence supporting that those who exercise the privilege of making their final wishes known (talking about ...



Death Cafe Sioux Falls

With Tiff & Sandrine

United States: 4100 S Carnegie Cir, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 , Sioux Falls , South Dakota , South Dakota , 57106

May 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.45 p.m. (CDT)

Free

Everyone (over 18) is welcome!!

 

We will keep to the Death Cafe model, please be sure to read and digest the information in the "About" section of the Death Cafe website: https://deathcafe.com/what ...



Death Cafe SFM Inca

With Glynis German

Spain: Serveis Funeraris d'Inca , C/dels Menestrals , Pol. Ind. Can Matzari , Inca , Mallorca , 07300

May 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (CEST)

Accepts donations

Hay plazas limitadas así rogamos pida tu plaza enviando un correo o un wassap al +34 666 987 430.

 



Antioquia Columbia The Dying Journey. Death Cafe, conversando sobre la muerte.

With CRISTINA GARCIA

Colombia: Calle 27 #13-221 Casa 15. Condominio Heliconias. , La ceja , Antioquia , Antioquia

May 22, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Bogota (GMT-5))

Free

Porque siento que es necesario hablar sobre la muerte y en mi país y mi ciudad no es comun hablar sobre esto y siento el llamado a servir a otros compartiendo la iniciativa, proposito ...



Everett Death Cafe

With Anna Balivet Jordan

United States: 1802 Hewitt Ave , Artisans Books & Coffee , Everett , WA , 98201

May 22, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

Every life has intersections with death. 

These experiences can teach us more about the precious aspects of our existence. 

 

Talking about these experiences with others can help us view our own mortality with a calm ...



Nova Alagoinhas Death Cafe – Conversas finais, sentidos eternos

With Juliana de Castro Solano Martins

Brazil: IDOMED Alagoinhas , Av. Linha Verde, S/N , 504 KM 01, Nova Alagoinhas , Please Select , Please Select , 48030-690

May 22, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (GMT-3)

Free



An Online Death Cafe AST

With Dana Mills

Canada

May 22, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Atlantic)

Accepts donations

This is a new opportunity following the Death Cafe guidelines. 

Holding space for end of life discussions around death and dying is critical in overcoming fear; in order to live more fully into life.

I ...



Death Cafe Ipswich QLD

With Ali Mills (Grief Guide)

Australia: Queens Park Cafe , 10a Merle Finimore Avenue , Ipswich , QLD 4305 , 4305

May 23, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. (AEST)

Accepts donations

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

 

This is not a therapeutic group, and there will be no set agenda, all are welcome to ...



The Gardiner Death Cafe

With Terry

United States: Gardiner Public Library , 152 Water street , Gardiner , Maine , 04345

May 23, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations

I’m hosting this Death Café because I believe in the power of open, honest conversations about death and dying. After many years in end-of-life care and caregiving, I’ve seen how much comfort and ...



Topeka Kansas Death Cafe

With Emily Howell

United States: 800 N. Kansas Ave , Topeka , Kansas , 66608 , Compass Point home of Dirty Girl Adventures , 66608

May 23, 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. Partnering with Cafe Quetzal in ...



San Diego - North County (Encinitas) Death Cafe

With Seaside Center for Spiritual Living and Moving Through - Death Doula

United States: 1613 Lake Drive , Encinitas, CA , 92024

May 24, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

You might be wondering - "What on earth is a Death Cafe?"

At a Death Cafe, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is to increase awareness of death ...



Kingston-upon-Thames Death Cafe

With Charlotte Haigh

United Kingdom: Kingston Hive , Ground floor, the Cycle Hub , 47-49 Wood Street , Kingston upon Thames , Kt1 1UJ

May 24, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (gmt)

Accepts donations

I love holding Death Cafes - they're a liberating opportunity to talk about subjects that are often taboo, but really shouldn't be. Accepting our own mortality can help us make more of life and ...


Dulwich Hill AUS Death Cafe

With liz Newell & Wendy Notley

Australia: Busy Bees Cafe , 245 Wardell Rd , Dulwich HIll , Sydney , 2203

May 24, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (AEST)

Free

Our society is leaving us out of our own deaths! Death is so often too hidden, too alone and too ill considered. By creating a safe, friendly space to share our knowledge, our worries and our hopes about death, we experience a sense of connection.   

We need to explore death conversationally with sincerity, but also with humour and cake! Liz and Wendy believe that this ...


Death Cafe Medellín

With Ana María Cortés y Ana Isabel Arango

Colombia: Café Un Punto Fijo, Cra. 76 # 33A - 36 , 050015

May 24, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Bogotá)

Free

Tenemos una invitación única para ti.

Te invitamos a ser parte de un Death Café, un espacio seguro y abierto donde podemos hablar sin tabúes sobre algo que todos compartimos: la muerte.

Aquí, no solo abordamos el fin de la vida, sino también cómo vivimos, lo que nos inspira a disfrutar cada momento y encontrar un sentido más profundo a ...


Death Cafe Belgrade

With Inna Diachenko and Alla Krutikova

Serbia: Sarajevska 48 , Belgrade , Science Hub , 11000

May 24, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (CEST)

Accepts donations


'Death Cafe' Whangarei

With Jo Moselen & Jo Samuel

New Zealand: The Hundertwasser Art Centre (Town basin Entrance) , 81 Dent Street , Whangarei , Northland , 0110

May 24, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (NZST)

Free

We run Death Cafe to support our community to have conversations about death.

 



Death Cafe HCMC

With Veronica

Viet Nam: Dolphy Cafe , 113 Duong Van An, , Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam , 700000

May 24, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (IndoChina time)

Free

☕✨ You're Invited to a Death Cafe! ✨☕
Curious about death? Wondering why we don't talk about it more often — even though it's something we all share?
Join us at Death Cafe Saigon, a ...



The East-West (virtual) Death Cafe PST

With Lisa in California and Katrina in Maine

United States:

May 25, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations

Lisa and Katrina, two interfaith spiritual counselors and colleagues at The Chaplaincy Institute, invite you to an online gathering for open conversation about death. Bring whatever you may think, feel, believe, or imagine about dying ...



Online Death Cafe with the Doulas EST

With Olga Nikolajev

Canada

May 25, 2025, 9.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m. (EST)

Free



Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PST

With Jim Kirkpatrick and Genevieve Harvey

United States:

May 25, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (PDT)

Accepts donations

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The Death Cafe model, followed all over the world, is always free with no pre-formulated agenda. No planned questions, themes ...



Virtual Death Cafe PST

With Samantha Potter of Rubicon's Edge Consulting

United States: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81887574644?pwd=GYmRJq2acJI3fEFaVLNh06Utf8J4Rk.1

May 25, 2025, 9.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations

Let's make death a normal part of life.

 

By making discussions about death taboo--even around those with a terminal prognosis, we are doing a disservice to ourselves, our loved ones, and our culture in ...



Sacred Soul Online Death Cafe

With Laura Rose

United States

May 25, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (EST)

Free

In a world where the topic of death is often avoided or treated with discomfort, Death Cafés stand as a beacon of openness and discussion. It provides a unique opportunity for individuals to come ...



Bethnal Green Death Cafe

With Padmalila

United Kingdom: The Mandala Cafe , 241-241 Globe Road , Bethnal Green , London , London , E2 0JD

May 25, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (BST)

Accepts donations

As a society, we rarely discuss death, even though the inevitability of death is the only thing we can predict in life. A Death Cafe is a useful forum for people coming to terms with ...


Ashgrove QLD Death Cafe

With Ashleigh McKinnon

Australia: Ashgrove Library , 87 Amarina Avenue , Ashgrove , QLD , 4060 , 4060

May 25, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (AEST)

Free

It will be very causal - tea/coffee and afternoon tea baked goods will be provided. It's purely an opportunity to talk about death with strangers. I assure you it's well worth your time. 



Harrison TN Death Cafe - Community Chat for all

With Angela Guthrie

United States: 5637 TN-58 , 37341

May 25, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (Easter Standard)

Accepts donations

This is an open community chat designed to normalize the subject of dying and death.



Burnaby BC Death Cafe

With Xiaoyu

Canada: 1030-4710 Kingsway , Burnaby , BC , BC , V5H 4M2

May 25, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Accepts donations

believes that just as we joyfully prepare for birth, we should thoughtfully prepare for death - because both are equally natural parts of life's journey. Having witnessed how sudden loss can leave families emotionally ...



Open Death Cafe Oakville, Ont.

With Oakville Public Library

Canada: Oakville Public Library, 120 Navy St. , Oakville, Ont. , L6J 2Z4

May 25, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)

Free



Death Cafe in Kitsilano Vancouver

With Maux Elworthy

Canada: Kitsilano Neighbourhood House , Community Hall , Vancouver , BC , BC , V6K 1Y4

May 25, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (Pacific)

Free

This Death Cafe is supported by a Small Neighbourhood Grant and the Vancouver Foundation!


Welcome to the Sarnia ON Death Cafe!

With Backhome Coffee Cafe

Canada: Backhome Coffee , 112 Christina St. S , Sarnia , ON , N7T 2M6

May 25, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Free

Everyone who has questions about death and dying is invited to enjoy good conversation, coffee or tea and something to eat in a friendly relaxed setting.

Hosted by Backhome Coffee cafe and the Unitarian Fellowship of Sarnia and Port Huron.

No agenda, no promotional advertising, no religion.


Death Cafe Ekaterinburg

With Maria Fedorovich and Yana Makakenko

Russian Federation: Ekaterinburg, Turgenevа 15 st , 620000

May 25, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. ((Ekaterinburg))

Accepts donations



Death Cafe Sampa

With Elca Rubinstein & Bernardo de Gregório

Brazil: Cemitério do Redentor , Rua Cardeal Arcoverde , Sao Paulo -SP , Brasil , SP , 01255-000

May 25, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (one hour east of Eastern time)

Accepts donations

We have been running Death Café Sampa for 14 years already.  Always something new to reflect on.  Much learning.  Sweet conversation.  



Lac La Biche Death Cafe

With Laney Smith (LLBCL)

Canada: 8702 91ave , AB , T0A 2C0

May 26, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (MTS)

Free



Marie Curie Death Cafe Penarth

With Lisa Casson

United Kingdom: Marie Curie Hospice , Bridgeman Road , Penarth , Vale of Glamorgan , Please select... , CF64 3YR

May 26, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (GMT)

Free

Join us for a drop in social gathering, where we have open conversations around all things relating to death, dying and how this shows up within our lives and living.

 

An invitation to connect with ...



The HeartWay"s Online Death Cafe PDT

With The HeartWay with Dr. Andrea Deerheart

United States:

May 26, 2025, 3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Pacific)

Accepts donations

Death Café is a place with a relaxed, open, and safe atmosphere where you are invited to share with others issues surrounding life and death. The Death Café is a discussion group rather than a ...



Marie Curie Death Cafe Penarth

With Lisa Casson

United Kingdom: Marie Curie Hospice , Bridgeman Road , Penarth , Vale of Glamorgan , Please select... , CF64 3YR

May 26, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (GMT)

Free

Join us for a drop in social gathering, where we have open conversations around all things relating to death, dying and how this shows up within our lives and living.

 

An invitation to connect with ...


Bonnington Centre Death Cafe London SW8

With Susan Bewley

United Kingdom: Bonnington Community Centre , 11 Vauxhall Grove , London SW8 1TD , Select , Select , SW8 1TD

May 26, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. (UK)

Accepts donations

Our Death Cafe is a place to meet face-to-face and freely share any topic around death & dying. It is informal, lightly facilitated and in a lovely community centre café. No week or conversation is the same. Everyone is encouraged to join the community centre (£1 per annum) and to donate tea, coffee, biscuits, cake or money to cover basic costs. The Cafe now meets in ...


Milton ON Death Cafe

With Daniel Almeida

Canada: 6355 Main St W , Milton , ON , L9T8L2

May 26, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Free

This is a free event, open to all individuals aged 16 and older. Enjoy complimentary coffee, tea, cookies, and light snacks as we gather in a welcoming space for meaningful conversation. No registration is required, but please do arrive early as we have a maximum capacity limit of 35 attendees. 

The Death Cafe will happen in Multipurpose Room #1 at the Milton Sherwood Community Centre.

 



Lehigh Valley West - Death Cafe

With Lisa Dolan

United States: Parkland Community Library , 4422 Walbert Ave , Allentown, PA 18104 , 18104

May 26, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Eastern )

Accepts donations

Open discussion, no agenda.  Lite refreshments. 


This video  (from Death Cafe website) is also helpful   https://youtu.be/iVMBCZjk4c0

 



Kennington/Elephant and Castle Death Cafe

With Barbara Shannon and Diana Opio

United Kingdom: Jamyang Buddhist Centre , The Old Courthouse , 43 Renfrew Road , London , SE11 4NA , SE11 4NA

May 26, 2025, 6.45 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Uk)

Accepts donations

 

Although the Death Cafe is held in a buddhist centre it's a secular event 

Everyone is welcome for friendly discussion biscuits  and tea/ coffee

This is not a place folowing a recent bereavement but ...



Death Cafe - North York - Toronto

With Nadine Lavoie

Canada: North York Central Library , 2nd Floor, Room 2/3 , 5120 Yonge Street , Toronto, ON , M2N 6W8

May 26, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (EST)

Free

Join us at the North York Central Library on Yonge St. for snacks, coffee, tea, and open conversations about death and dying.

Prepare for an interactive evening! We will be sitting in small groups, which ...


Southwest Durham NC Death Cafe

With Teresa Blemings

United States: Southwest Regional Library , 3605 Shannon Road , Durham , North Carolina , 27707 , 27707

May 27, 2025, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EDT)

Free

Future Meeting Dates:

May 27, 2025 (day after Memorial Day)

Fourth Monday of each month unless otherwise stated.

 



Death Cafe - Southeast KC

With Andrea Lafferty

United States: 6242 Swope Parkway , Kansas City, Mo , 64130

May 27, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Central)

Accepts donations

The Southeast Library's Death Cafe is held every 4th Tuesday of the month!  For those who would like to attend, we ask that you please register at kclibrary.org



Durango Death Cafe

With Lola Montano

United States: Durango Public Library , 1900 E 3rd Ave, , Durango, CO , 2nd Floor Room 3 , 81301

May 27, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (MST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is a time and place where people come to share food, drink tea or coffee, and discuss death openly and honestly. The aim is to increase awareness about death in order to ...



Paw Paw Death Cafe

With Patrice Kaufman

United States: 404 E. Michigan Ave. , Paw Paw , Michigan , 49079

May 27, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.15 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time)

Free

This Death Cafe will be an open conversation about death. All are welcome to attend. Anything on your mind about death is accepted in this conversation. Questions, comments, stories, hopes, fears, anything and everything about ...



Online Death Cafe EST– Candid Conversations

With Martina Steiger

Canada: Kitchener , Ontario , N2M 3S1

May 27, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. (Eastern Daylight 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 not only of my work ...



Virtual Death Cafe EST

With Emily Kent

United States: , 43230

May 27, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations

Come share your thoughts or concerns around death and dying. No agenda, no judgment. 

 

Meetings are on the 4th Tuesday of the month.

 

Zoom Meeting ID: 880 4396 8579

Passcode: 478465



Port Angeles Death Cafe "Tea To Die For"

With Kelly Sanderbeck & Deb LaPlante

United States: Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County , Conference Room , 829 E. 8th Street , Port Angeles , Washington , 98362

May 28, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Pacific Timezone)

Accepts donations

This group is meant to foster informal and relaxed monthly discussions around death without any agenda. While not a grief support group, it is open to anyone interested in deepening their understanding and acceptance of ...



Online Death Cafe in Second Life PDT

With Carole Silvoy, aka "Cattie Rosca"

United States

May 28, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (PT, GMT -8)

Accepts donations

Our Death Cafe is held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 2 PM PT/SLT in the Virtual World of Second Life (SL). *The only space we meet is in SL ...



Hastings Death Cafe

With Pauline de la Fuente and Lou Requena

United Kingdom: Bullet Coffee House , 38 Robertson Street , Hastings , East Sussex , TN34 1HT

May 28, 2025, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (UK)

Accepts donations

Our Death Cafe is free to attend, any refreshments are payable to Bullet but purchasing them is optional.  We gather to have far ranging discussions about death and dying and everyone is welcome to ask ...



Bedford Death Cafe

With Adie, Sarah, Diane, Harri

United Kingdom: The Place , Bradgate Road , Bedford , MK403DE

May 29, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (greenwich mean time)

Free

Group led by whatever fears, hopes, dreams, ideas, and humour we bring to the table!



Golden CO Death Cafe

With Karen S Keeran

United States: Bean Fosters - Golden , 720 Golden Ridge Rd, Ste D , Golden, CO , 80401

June 1, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (MT)

Free

At the Golden Death Café you will experience deep, rich, free and open-ended conversations around any and all topics related to end of life. For all interested in joining these conversations, together we will create ...



York ME Death Cafe

With Leona Oceania

United States: York Public Library , 15 Long Sands Road , York, Maine , 03909

June 2, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations

Death is going to happen to all of us, why not talk about it? 

And cake! Who doesn't want cake??

Join us on Monday, June 2nd for skull cakes and death-related conversation - all are ...



Suffolk Transitions Death Cafe

With Ewout Van-Manen

United Kingdom: The Bell Hotel , 31 High Street , Saxmundham , Suffolk , IP17 1AF

June 4, 2025, 10.45 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. (UK)

Free

Ewout facilitates Death Cafes in order to help people feel free to talk about death - without taboo - and to share insights, concerns and experiences in the context of a group. 

 

We will have a Death ...



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

June 5, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Queer Death Cafe Ann Arbor

With Grey Allen

United States: 552 S Main St , Ann Arbor , Michigan , 48103

June 7, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

June 8, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...



Sequim Death Cafe "Tea To Die For"

With Sarafina Landis / Colette Cavaleri

United States: KSQM-FM , 609 W Washington Street , #17 , Sequim , Washington , 98382

June 9, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (Pacific Timezone)

Accepts donations

This group is meant to foster informal and relaxed monthly discussions around death without any agenda. While not a grief support group, it is open to anyone interested in deepening their understanding and acceptance of ...


Burke Death Cafe

With Hannah Risley

United States: 9000 Burke Lake Road , Burke, VA , 22015

June 14, 2025, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Free

 

Death Café

Death Cafés are an opportunity to demystify the death experience. We offer an open, safe environment for discussing thoughts and feelings about all manner of death and dying. At a Death Café people drink tea and discuss death. Our aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives. This Death Café will be hosted ...



Wetaskiwin Death Cafe

With Jessica Johnson

Canada: 5302 50 Avenue , Wetaskiwin , Alberta , T9A 0T1

June 16, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (MST)

Free



Brighton Death Cafe Online

With Louisa Parsons and Nicolette Thornton

United Kingdom:

June 17, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (BST)

Free

In these uncertain times, amidst a global pandemic and social isolation, we offer you time and space to come together and talk about your thoughts and feelings around death and dying.

Death Cafe's aim ...



The Shalom Online Death Cafe PDT

With Zoë Francesca Goldblatt and Friends

United States:

June 18, 2025, 3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83163719848?pwd=bYLVSMpadM391QKg8K5a6FUmjkvFyo.1

Zoë is hosting this Death Cafe as a welcoming and safe space to openly talk about death and dying in relation to any ...



Comox Valley Death Cafe

With Comox Valley Hospice Society

Canada: Evergreen Lounge , Florence Filberg Centre , 411 Anderton Avenue , Courtenay, BC , V9N 6C6

June 18, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Goshen Death Cafe

With Cindy Hartzler-Miller and Jeannette Slater

United States: Greencroft Community Center , 1820 Greencroft Blvd. , Goshen, In 46526 , Indiana , Indiana , 46526

June 19, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (Eastern (U.S.))

Free

A group of 8-18 have been meeting monthly since October 2022, discussing everything from letting go to death cleaning to how long it takes for a body to decompose naturally.  Our meeting space allows us to share videos and music.  There's a snack shop next door so everyone can bring their own coffee and cake.  All are welcome!

Meetings are usually held from 10-11 ...



Denver Death Cafe at Park Hill Branch Library

With Cierra McNamara

United States: 4705 Montview Blvd , Denver, CO , 80207

June 23, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. (MST)

Free


Chatham Death Cafe

With Center for the Spiritual Journey

United States: 880 Main Street, Munson Meeting Way , Chatham, MA , W YARMOUTH , MA , MA , 02633

June 25, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (EDT)

Accepts donations

At a Death Cafe, people gather to share snacks & coffee/tea and to discuss various aspects of death. The objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.' * It is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It’s a discussion group rather than a grief support, counseling session or ...


Sacred Threshold Death Cafe Portland OR

With Pamela Rathbun

United States: 1987 NW Kearney St , Portland , Oregon , 97209

June 25, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (PST)

Free

I am running a Death Café to create a sacred space for open, honest conversations about death—helping others embrace mortality, release fear, and live more fully

 

Coffee and Tea provided. Indivdual ordering from restraunt if desired. 

RSVP Appreciated (through contact form below), though not necessary.



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

July 3, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

July 13, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...



Virtual Death Cafe PDT

With Rachel Greene

Canada:

July 30, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PDT)

Free



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

Aug. 7, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

Aug. 10, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...


Lowcountry Death Cafe Charleston

With Unitarian Church in Charleston

United States: Gage Hall , 4 Archdale St , Charleston , SC , 29401

Aug. 18, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

Sept. 4, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

Sept. 14, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...


Lowcountry Death Cafe Charleston

With Unitarian Church in Charleston

United States: Gage Hall , 4 Archdale St , Charleston , SC , 29401

Sept. 15, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

Oct. 2, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

Oct. 12, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...


Lowcountry Death Cafe Charleston

With Unitarian Church in Charleston

United States: Gage Hall , 4 Archdale St , Charleston , sc , 29401

Oct. 20, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

Nov. 6, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

Nov. 9, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...


Lowcountry Death Cafe Charleston

With Unitarian Church in Charleston

United States: Gage Hall , 4 Archdale St , Charleston , SC , 29401

Nov. 17, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe on Capitol Hill

With Historic Congressional Cemetery

United States: Congressional Cemetery , 1801 E Street SE , 20003

Dec. 4, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)

Accepts donations

Our historic chapel on the grounds of the cemetery is a welcoming space for conversation and sharing. The cemetery provides sweets and coffee and welcomes guests to bring sweets to share.



Second Sunday Death Cafe Portland, OR

With Ellen Simmons

United States: Multnomah Friends Meeting , 4312 SE Stark , Portland, OR , 97215

Dec. 14, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations

A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us to the Cafe, and then ...


Lowcountry Death Cafe Charleston

With Unitarian Church in Charleston

United States: Gage Hall , 4 Archdale St , Charleston , SC , 29401

Dec. 15, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations



Virtual Death Cafe PDT

With Rachel Greene

Canada:

Feb. 4, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (PDT)

Free



Death Cafe Bedford

With Sarah and Diane

United Kingdom: The Place Bedford , Bradford Gate Road , Bedford , MK403DE

June 26, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (greenwich mean time )

Free

Group led by whatever fears, hopes, dreams, ideas, and humour we bring to the table!