SA Death Festival

The SA Death Festival offers a welcoming space to explore death, dying, grief and remembrance with honesty, creativity and compassion. Presented by Pure Land Home Hospice, this community-led festival features talks, workshops, Death Cafés, art, ceremony, nature and quiet spaces for reflection. Explore topics including palliative care, end-of-life planning, children’s grief, dementia, funeral traditions and death literacy, while hearing from clinicians, carers, artists, celebrants and people with lived experience. Whether you’re navigating loss, planning ahead or simply curious, the festival invites open conversations about death – and what it means to live well.