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.

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 24603 Death Cafes.

Listings

To date we've held 24603 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.

Support us

Recent posts

Death Cafe: Death Cafe Tompkins County

Posted by Mental Health Association in Tompkins County on Sept. 17, 2026, 10:41 a.m.

With Mental Health Association in Tompkins County

Oct. 15, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations

Death Cafe: Chișinău Death Cafe

Posted by Aliona Saenco on Sept. 17, 2026, 5:34 a.m.

With Aliona Saenco

Sept. 28, 2026, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (GMT+2)

Accepts donations

Death Cafe: Death Cafe Nicosia

Posted by Christiana Pyrishi on Sept. 17, 2026, 4:26 a.m.

With Christiana and Kendia

Sept. 24, 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (UTC+3)

Accepts donations

Simply put, we are running a Death Cafe because there is so much need for safe spaces where people can talk about death!

One of us has just finished her ...

Death Cafe: Eastbourne Death Cafe - September edition

Posted by Alicia and Lou on Sept. 16, 2026, 5:25 p.m.

With Alicia and Lou

Sept. 25, 2026, 1.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m. (BST)

Accepts donations

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: Murphysboro Death Cafe

Posted by taylorr on Sept. 16, 2026, 4:40 p.m.

With Sallie Logan Public Library

Sept. 23, 2026, 5.00 p.m. - 6.45 p.m. (Central Daylight)

Free

Participants will lead an open discussion surrounding death and mortality. The talk will start at 5:00 PM and the discussion is estimated to last around an hour and a ...

Death Cafe: Weymouth MA Death Cafe

Posted by LaSandonato1 on Sept. 16, 2026, 1:59 p.m.

With Lisa Anne Sandonato

Oct. 19, 2026, 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (ET)

Accepts donations

You’re Invited to the Death Café! Join us for a unique and heartfelt gathering where we embrace a natural part of life: death. A Death Café is a safe ...

Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe Louisville ET

Posted by Justin Magnuson on Sept. 16, 2026, 9:37 a.m.

With Justin Magnuson

Oct. 22, 2026, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (Eastern)

Accepts donations

There are many reasons to talk about death and different ways to do it. Justin loves the simplicity and democratization of the Death Cafe process. Justin hoped COVID-19 would make ...

Death Cafe: Coastal Death Cafe

Posted by kcarrero on Sept. 16, 2026, 9:02 a.m.

With Krista Carrero

Oct. 24, 2026, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Eastern standard)

Accepts donations

Death is a natural consequence of being born and 100% of the population will die. Let's talk about it! Coastal Death Cafe is a free event open to anyone ...