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
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Talking about death
A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 24649 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 24649 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 100 countries.
Our guide
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.
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With Alison & Rita
Sept. 25, 2026, 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (London)
Free
Please join us for a cup of tea and opening conversations about life, death and mortality in a safe, welcoming and respectful space. All beliefs, backgrounds and perspectives are welcome.
With Susan Barsky Reid and Linda Butler
Oct. 5, 2026, 2.30 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (BST)
Accepts donations
Get a coffee from the Kitchen and come upstairs to the meeting room for an always interesting and stimulating conversation about death and dying and there will be good cake.
With Elca Rubinstein and Bernardo de Gregorio
Sept. 27, 2026, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (one hour ahead of Eastern Time)
Accepts donations
With Lisa Clemmer
Oct. 2, 2026, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (CST)
Free
Death Cafe: Online Death Cafe EST– Candid Conversations
Posted by Martina Steiger on Sept. 23, 2026, 10:33 a.m.
With Martina Steiger
Sept. 29, 2026, 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 ...
With Lisa Zeller
Sept. 27, 2026, 1.30 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
With Curious Mortals
Oct. 1, 2026, 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
Our Death Cafés are very informal with everyone given the opportunity to speak as much or as little as they would like. We also usually have a selection of ...
With Alison, Josh & Maxine
Sept. 26, 2026, 11.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. (GMT)
Accepts donations
There will be coffee & tea, and light refreshments, cakes, etc. We will meet for 2 hours, where we have basic introductions from those present, and then follow a free-form approach ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe Albuquerque - 3rd Saturday
Posted by Gail Rubin, CT on Sept. 22, 2026, 8:30 a.m.
With Christi Rein and Jenn Joyce
Oct. 17, 2026, 11.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. (Mountain)
Accepts donations
It's a relaxing, safe, confidential, open-minded space for discussing what's on your heart and mind about mortality issues. Please note: this is not a bereavement or grief support ...
With Gail Rubin, CT
Oct. 23, 2026, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Eastern)
Accepts donations
This Death Cafe in Whispering Pines will take place the day before a Mortality Movie Matinee at the Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines. Gail Rubin will conduct a discussion after ...
Death Cafe: Albuquerque Death Cafe East Mountains
Posted by Gail Rubin, CT on Sept. 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
With Kendall Rattner
Oct. 15, 2026, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (Mountain)
Accepts donations
There's a third monthly Albuquerque Death Cafe in the East Mountain area! You can join this open conversation about mortality at Roots Farm Cafe in Tijeras.
Purchase a beverage ...
Death Cafe: 1st Saturday Albuquerque Death Cafe
Posted by Gail Rubin, CT on Sept. 22, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
With Jane Westbrook
Oct. 3, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Mountain)
Accepts donations
We do our conversation in one big circle, so everyone hears the same information and ideas.
Death Cafe: Riga Death Cafe / Nāves kafejnīca
Posted by Naves_kafejnica on Sept. 21, 2026, 12:35 p.m.
With Rihards Vālands, Agnese Poikāne
Sept. 24, 2026, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Riga / Latvia)
Free
Death is not a threat, but a mirror in which we see life without masks.
Our Death Café is a space for open, gentle conversations about the boundaries that make ...
Death Cafe: Bonnington Centre Death Cafe London SW8
Posted by Bonnington Centre Death Cafe on Sept. 20, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
With Susan Bewley
Nov. 23, 2026, 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 ...
Death Cafe: Bonnington Centre Death Cafe London SW8
Posted by Bonnington Centre Death Cafe on Sept. 20, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
With Susan Bewley
Nov. 9, 2026, 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 ...