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 18094 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 18094 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 89 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: Toronto Death Cafe

Posted by kcowley on April 25, 2024, 10 a.m.



With Toronto Public Library and Sarah Farr & Ruth Mackay

May 7, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (EST)

Free


Registration required. Please register in person at the branch or by calling (416) 393-7610.



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Bruxelles #2

Posted by Death Cafe Bruxelles on April 25, 2024, 8:19 a.m.



With Death Cafe Bruxelles

May 26, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (CET — Central European Time )

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Walsall Death Cafe

Posted by Denise on April 25, 2024, 5:53 a.m.



With Denise Walker

May 28, 2024, 10.30 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (BST)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Cincinnati

Posted by Jen Blalock on April 24, 2024, 9:14 p.m.



With Jen Blalock

June 18, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EST)

Free


There is no need to RSVP. Just show up!

Call or text Jen at 513-716-2263 if you have questions. Email jen@deathdoulacincinnati.com if you want to be added to ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Cincinnati

Posted by Jen Blalock on April 24, 2024, 9:06 p.m.



With Jen Blalock

May 15, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EST)

Free


There is no need to RSVP. Just show up!

Call or text Jen at 513-716-2263 if you have questions. Email jen@deathdoulacincinnati.com if you want to be added to ...



Death Cafe: Gahanna/New Albany Death Cafe

Posted by Emily Kent on April 24, 2024, 7:53 p.m.



With Emily Kent

May 13, 2024, 7.00 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Croatia

Posted by Mudro drvo / Wisdom tree on April 24, 2024, 8:26 a.m.



With Dijana Matesa on behalf of Mudro drvo and Srčika

May 16, 2024, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. ((GMT+2:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Zagreb)

Free


I have been running Death Cafes for three years now and I have learnt so much about life that I think only death can stop me. And she will be ...



Death Cafe: London Death Cafe in the Square

Posted by fmac on April 23, 2024, 5:47 p.m.



With Felicia MacDonald

May 12, 2024, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (GMT+1)

Accepts donations


Death Cafe in the Square - a space to explore feelings and conversations around life, death, and grief with a friendly group of people over coffee and cake. Let's start ...



Death Cafe: Greater Lansing Area Death Cafe

Posted by Fellowship For Today on April 23, 2024, 11:34 a.m.



With Rev. Julie Dillon and Rev. Mary Sabaj

May 18, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations


Fellowship For Today is offering a Death Café in the Greater Lansing Area. These meetups offer a unique and thought-provoking space for open discussions about death and dying.
We invite ...


Death Cafe: Malvern Death Cafe

Posted by sue on April 23, 2024, 6:46 a.m.


With Sue Friston

May 3, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (British Summer Time)

Free


Greetings,   I'm covering for Rachel this dare I say merry? month of May, 2024.  The blossoms are out but goodness there's a lot of heartbraeking transistion and transformation ...



Death Cafe: RIP City Portland Death Cafe

Posted by Waelwyn Upgang on April 22, 2024, 11:03 p.m.



With Waelwyn Upgang

June 1, 2024, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (PST)

Free


We deserve a sweet treat. We deserve open discourse on the ineveitable end. This Death Cafe is intended space for QTBIPOC foik, but everyone is welcome. to drop by, have ...



Death Cafe: Niagara Falls Public Library Death Cafe

Posted by maddo68 on April 22, 2024, 1:53 p.m.



With Madeleine Domingue

May 26, 2024, 12.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (EST)

Free


A Death Cafe is a group, usually strangers, directed discussion of death, dying and all things surrounding those events with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group ...



Death Cafe: Online Death Cafe PDT

Posted by North Coast EOL Collective on April 22, 2024, 1:25 p.m.



With North Coast EOL Collective

June 23, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Making Visible the Invisible: A Community Conversation about Death and Dying. Applying the values of Acceptance, Belonging, Connection, and Legacy, Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering that aims to create ...


Death Cafe: Online Death Cafe PDT

Posted by North Coast EOL Collective on April 22, 2024, 1:21 p.m.



With North Coast EOL Collective

April 28, 2024, 4.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (PST)

Accepts donations


Making Visible the Invisible: A Community Conversation about Death and Dying. Applying the values of Acceptance, Belonging, Connection, and Legacy, Death Cafe is a co-generational gathering that aims to create ...


Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Hantsport

Posted by Kathryn Murphy on April 22, 2024, 10:31 a.m.



With Norse Ridge Services

Jan. 16, 2025, 10.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. (AST)

Accepts donations


  Death Cafés are a great way to start the difficult conversation of death and dying. They are also a great way to improve the sense of community around us ...