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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Running Death Cafe is great fun but does take a lot of time. If you value this work please support us on Patreon.
Talking about death
A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 20218 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 20218 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.
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.
Recent posts
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: Virtual Death Cafe (Pacific)
Posted by janelle.benuska@yahoo.com on Feb. 26, 2025, 2:13 p.m.
With Janelle Benuska
March 2, 2025, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Pacific)
Free
Join us for an open, nurturing, safe and supportive conversation around death and dying, grief, and all that surrounds these deeply meaningful topics. We invite and encourage differing views and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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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
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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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
With Stiftung Hospizdienst Oldenburg in Kooperation mit Staatstheater Oldenburg/Sparte 7
March 2, 2025, 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Central European Time)
Accepts donations
Relax, I'm just here for the cake!
Memento Mori – bedenke, dass Du stirbst
Wir Menschen sind durch unsere Sterblichkeit miteinander verbunden. Das Leben hingegen können wir durch gemeinsames ...
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 ...