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 20225 Death Cafes.

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To date we've held 20225 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 93 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: Death Cafe en Barcelona

Posted by ABADJORDI on Feb. 27, 2025, 8:04 a.m.


With Jordi Abad

March 7, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (Europa/Madrid)

Accepts donations


Hablar de la muerte para vivir la vida.

No es un grupo terapéutico.

Un encuentro casual e informal para hablar de la vida y de la muerte.



Death Cafe: Didsbury Death Cafe

Posted by lexisears on Feb. 26, 2025, 11 a.m.



With Lexi Sears

March 7, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (GMT)

Free


It is a very open meeting and we welcome anyone to our free event. Most people who attend have not been before, and we have a different group every time ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Profesionales

Posted by Glynis German on Feb. 26, 2025, 3:59 a.m.



With Susana Rodriguez

March 10, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (CET)

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 ...



Death Cafe: Mallorca Death Cafe

Posted by Glynis German on Feb. 26, 2025, 3:57 a.m.



With Glynis German

March 5, 2025, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (CET)

Accepts donations


The car park at the hospital is free, however this means that it is extremely busy so please give yourself plenty of time to find a parking space.

Refreshments will ...



Death Cafe: The Wicked Wolf Death Cafe -Long Beach, CA

Posted by Lisa Stuhley on Feb. 24, 2025, 5:49 p.m.


With Lisa Stuhley

March 8, 2025, 10.15 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (PST)

Free


About this Death Cafe

  • It is my #1 goal to normalize conversations around death & dying because it is something that we all have in common as humans. We each have ...



Death Cafe: The Wicked Wolf Death Cafe -Long Beach, CA

Posted by Lisa Stuhley on Feb. 24, 2025, 5:47 p.m.



With Lisa Stuhley

March 8, 2025, 10.15 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (PST)

Free


About this Death Cafe

  • It is my #1 goal to normalize conversations around death & dying because it is something that we all have in common as humans. We each have ...



Death Cafe: Soaring Heart Healing Death Cafe Online PST

Posted by Lisa Stuhley on Feb. 24, 2025, 5:27 p.m.



With Lisa Stuhley

March 7, 2025, 4.00 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. (PST)

Free


It is my #1 goal to normalize conversations around death & dying because it is something that we all have in common as humans. We each have so much to offer ...



Practitioners question: Not promoting businesses at Death Cafes

Posted by Jools Barsky on Feb. 22, 2025, 5:09 p.m. 2 comments


Not promoting businesses at Death Cafes

To our wonderful Death Cafe hosts, current and prospective,

 

As I write this, over 20,123 Death Cafes have been listed across 93 countries, with tens - if not hundreds - more happening each week. It’s thrilling to think about how many thousands of people have engaged in open, honest conversations ...

Death Cafe: Moosilauke Public Library Death Cafe - North Woodstock NH

Posted by moosilaukepubliclibrary on Feb. 20, 2025, 11:29 a.m.



With Michelle Aurelio

March 6, 2025, 5.00 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (EST)

Free


Join us for tea, snacks, and an opportunity to openly discuss Death and Dying. We aim to create a warm and inviting environment for attendees to find clarity and reduce ...



Death Cafe: East Dallas Death Cafe

Posted by LisaClemmer on Feb. 19, 2025, 2:47 p.m.



With Lisa Clemmer

March 7, 2025, 12.00 p.m. - 2.00 p.m. (Central)

Free



Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa

Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Feb. 19, 2025, 8:29 a.m.

Our most recent Death Café was held February 18th and we had 5 people in attendance! We touched on two main topics in our Death Café:  how different religions handle death and burial services, and the idea of legacy building. In our discussion of  different religions and death we talked about Catholics & Cremation, ideas of reincarnation, and Muslim end of life rituals, which include physical acts of memory building (an example would be donating to charity in the deceased honor). When we touched on the idea of legacy we reflected on how talking about your person makes you feel like they’re still with you. A key ...



Death Cafe: Alexandria VA Death Cafe

Posted by janemiller18 on Feb. 18, 2025, 2:26 p.m.



With Krista Oberlander and Jane Miller

March 6, 2025, 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (EST)

Accepts donations


Alexandria Death Cafe is an opportunity to gather with a group of friendly, earnest people from your community and talk about death and dying. It's a beautiful opportunity to ...



Death Cafe write up: Herne Hill Death Cafe

Posted by annkenrick on Feb. 18, 2025, 3:54 a.m.

A diverse group of 21 people, across the generations, attended the Death Café. Some key themes emerged:

 

·      The shock of sudden death of a family member highlights the need for open discussion about planning for death at a time when there is no pressure. Conversations can also eliminate regrets, after the person dies, about what you wish you had said.

 

·      You can feel very exposed when a family member dies, as the logistics that follow death are not well understood.

 

·      When a person is terminally ill but does not want to die, it feels a betrayal to talk about death. One participant explained that in Thailand they were ...



Death Cafe: Death Cafe Kraków

Posted by deathCafeKrakow on Feb. 17, 2025, 9:18 a.m.



With Adam Hałaczkiewicz, Katarzyna Janik, Jurek Skowron

March 12, 2025, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (CET; UTC+01:00)

Free


Spotkanie DEATH CAFE – rozmowa o śmierci przy kawie i ciastku
KIEDY: ŚRODA, 12 marca 2025 r., godz. 18:00
GDZIE: Kawiarnia Literacka (sala z grami planszowymi)
WSTĘP WOLNY
 
Zapraszamy na ...


Death Cafe: Death Cafe Online POLAND

Posted by MariaWisniewskaIDS on Feb. 17, 2025, 8:46 a.m.



With Maria Puchalska & Joanna Winiarska

March 5, 2025, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (Central European Time)

Accepts donations


Czy często myślisz o przemijalności i nie masz z kim o tym porozmawiać? Może uważasz, że brakuje nam współczesnego “ars moriendi”, żeby doceniać to, co jest w życiu istotne ...